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published_or_final_version / Community Medicine / Master / Master of Public Health

A food preference questionnaire, utilizing the Food Action Rating Scale (FACT), was developed from entrees used in congregate meal sites throughout the United States and its territories. The list of entrees was reduced to 43 choices. The FACT questionnaire was distributed to all of the participants at the Healthy Lunch Sites served by Area 6 program in East Central Indiana. There were 357 people, age 60 or older, that completed the questionnaire. Their responses were compared by age and gender. Differences in preferences of entrees were noted depending on age and gender. The five most liked entrees of the total group are Country Steak / Brown Gravy, Cubed Steak, Salmon Patties, Chicken and Noodles, and Pork Roast. The five most disliked entrees are Cheese Enchilada / mild or spicy, Turkey Divan, French Dip Sandwich, Boiled Cod, and Bean Burrito / mild or spicy. Their responses were tabulated using factor analysis. A total of eleven clusters of entrees factored together. This provided groups of entrees that received similar scores. For example, some of the groupings were turkey entrees, chopped meat and sauce, barbecued meats, fish entrees. These results can be used by menu planners to assist in writing menus. By locating an entree on one of these tables that is well liked by the group being served, the other foods listed on that particular table can be served alternately during the remainder of the menu cycle to provide a high food acceptance. / Department of Family and Consumer Sciences

Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references.

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The purpose of the study was to examine nutrition knowledge of elderly congregate meal site participants with particular interest directed towards nutrition risk levels and the demographic characteristics of education, age, and gender. The population utilized in this study were 120 elderly, both male and female, over the age of 60 years who attended ten congregate meal sites in Allen County, Indiana and who volunteered to participate. The researcher administered a 25 question nutrition knowledge survey and the 10 question Determine Your Nutritional Health Checklist at the meal sites. The study was designed to determine if there was a significant difference in nutrition knowledge among elderly at congregate meal sites who exhibit varying nutrition risk, education, and age levels and between elderly men and women. The conclusion was that there was a significant difference between nutrition knowledge of men and women with women scoring more correct answers on the survey. Although not shown statistically other preliminary findings suggest the need for further research; a greater proportion of females than males were in the lowest nutrition risk level; the 60-74 years olds had a higher nutrition knowledge average score than did the two older groups. Further, those with 9-11 years of education and in the lowest nutrition risk level (all females) had the highest nutrition knowledge score; and males with less than eight years of education had the lowest nutrition knowledge score and a preponderance of those were in the moderate or high risk level. The researcher also concluded that more nutrition education is needed for these participants, but it must be geared to their learning level to be effective. / Department of Family and Consumer Sciences

This study used a correlational and cross-sectional research design to identify factors influencing the nutritional status of a sample of elderly Taiwanese. Guiding the study was a conceptual framework that integrated self-efficacy theory and health locus of control theory. Bivariate correlations among the study variables were examined, and hierarchical multiple regression tests were performed to determine whether and to what degree background characteristics, nutrition self-efficacy, and health locus of control predicted nutritional status. Furthermore, the study analyzed and categorized topics identified in the participants' verbal explanations of their eating patterns. Of the 156 Taiwanese elderly who completed the survey, the majority were healthy males (60.9%) with a mean age of 72.29 years. Relationships among the variables indicated that older people had lower nutrition self-efficacy and nutritional status. Females tended to have higher chance health locus of control. Higher educational levels were related to better nutrition self-efficacy and Mini-Nutritional Assessment scores. Moreover, elderly persons who reported greater health problems and medications had lower Mini-Nutritional Assessment scores, but had higher albumin levels. The results also showed that, among the elderly, nutrition self-efficacy, internal and chance health locus of control, and nutritional status were interrelated, whereas the powerful-others orientation was not correlated with other variables. Nutritional status, age, educational level, health problems and medications, and chance health locus of control all had effects on the Mini-Nutritional Assessment scores, and only health problems and medications explained significant variances in albumin levels. In the qualitative portion, a subsample of 58 participants (37.18%) answered an open-ended question about their eating patterns. The analysis of their responses revealed three categories of eating patterns: eating and old age, eating and faith, and eating and family harmony, with each encompassing a number of subcategories. Generally, the study confirmed the relationships proposed in the research model; however, the overall amount of predicted variance accounted for by the predictors was small, which indicated that unmeasured factors might account for most of the variance in nutritional status. Further research is therefore necessary to gain a deeper understanding of nutritional status and its factors among the Taiwanese elderly.

Food consumption patterns and their association with nutrient intake in 290 homebound elderly living in Sherbrooke, Quebec were: investigated. Dietary data were collected using three repeated non-consecutive 24-hour recalls and sociodemographic, physical, physiological and psychosocial characteristics were measured. Factor and cluster analyses were used to define food patterns. Due to the homogeneous dietary patterns of this population, neither the five factors nor six clusters formed were distinct. There were few dietary predictors of nutrient intake as mean intakes of energy, folacin, calcium, vitamin D and zinc by subjects in all clusters were inadequate. Protein intakes were also marginal. Eating beef predicted higher intakes of protein, niacin and zinc for women. Smoking predicted both poorer food choices and nutrient intake. A diagnosis of emphysema predicted higher food intakes. Recommended dietary changes for this population include increased consumption of dairy products and other protein sources as well as energy-dense foods in order to increase micronutrient intake and prevent weight loss in some individuals.

Energy and nutrient intake from congregate meals (CM), noncongregate meals (NCM) and total daily intake (TDI) was studied for differences associated with age, income, education, marital status, gender, race, vitamin-mineral supplementation, Body Mass Index, Health Assessment, Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL).TDI was less than 100 percent of Recommended Dietary Allowances for energy, vitamin B6, calcium, magnesium and zinc. Men, single and divorced subjects, and those most educated had significantly greatest intake for various nutrients from CM and TDI; widows had the least. Racial effect was mixed. Young-old had greatest intakes from NCM and TDI. High intake from CM plus NCM did not make TDI adequate.CM was significantly associated with transportation (IADL) and walking (ADL). Those with some problems had lowest nutrient intakes; those with none, the greatest. For toileting (ADL), NCM and TDI intakes were greatest for those with considerable difficulty; lowest for those with some. / Department of Home Economics

Thesis (M.S.)--Eastern Illinois University, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-54).