Functional disabilities do not prevent the elderly in Finland from eating regular meals

Appetite

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-103

  Kallio, Maija Katariina ^a   Koskinen, Seppo Väinö Pellervo ^a   Prättälä, Ritva Sylvia ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Food habits; Functional capacity; Meal patterns; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COOKERY; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EATING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 42749092008     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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