Nutrition risk and associated factors in congregate meal participants in northern Florida: Role of Elder Care Services (ECS)

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 37-54

  Weatherspoon, Lorraine J ^a   Worthen, Helen D ^b   Handu, Deepa ^c  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MSU ^*

Author keywords

Congregate meal sites; Elderly; Nutrition risk; Race ethnicity; Urban rural residence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOOD SERVICES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 15944422859     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v24n02_04     Document Type: Article

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