Higher dietary variety is associated with better nutritional status in frail elderly people

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1096-1104

  Bernstein, Melissa A ^a   Tucker, Katherine L ^b   Ryan, Nancy D ^b   O’neill, Evelyn F ^b   Clements, Karen M ^b   Nelson, Miriam E ^b   Evans, William J ^c   Fiatarone Singh, Maria A ^d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRUIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; VEGETABLE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARM MUSCLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEEDING; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; RECORDING; SCORING SYSTEM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THIGH; TOTAL BODY POTASSIUM; TOTAL BODY WATER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; DIET; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRUIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0036676467     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90246-4     Document Type: Article

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