Effectiveness of a food education program in improving appetite and nutritional status of elderly adults living at home.
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr
; 23(2): 315-20, 2014.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate a 3-week program comprising cooking demonstrations with free food samples in motivating elderly adults to cook more and improve their nutritional status.DESIGN:
An experimental pre-post study.SETTING:
Three districts in Hong Kong.PARTICIPANTS:
Sixty aged 59-95 home-living adults. INTERVENTION Group A (one 1-day food sample given free weekly) and Group B (three 1-day food samples given free weekly). MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURE:
Satisfaction questionnaires were conducted every week. Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) scores were assessed at baseline and 6 months after the program's completion.ANALYSIS:
Nutritional status was assessed before and after intervention. Repeated analysis of variance measures of compliance, appetite, easiness of program at 3-week time-points were calculated to differentiate a more frequent (Group B) and a less frequent (Group A) provision of food sample reinforced their cooking skills to a greater extent.RESULTS:
The compliance rate of Group B was higher than that of Group A. More than 60% of the participants intended to continue cooking and a third of the participants expressed satisfaction with the program. The MNA scores had improved 6 months later (combined data from both groups).CONCLUSIONS:
Nutrition education through cooking demonstrations and the community-based distribution of food ingredients can improve the nutrition status of the elderly population.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Apetite
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Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde
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Avaliação Geriátrica
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Inquéritos Nutricionais
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Estado Nutricional
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Educação em Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr
Assunto da revista:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Hong Kong