More than just not being alone: The number, nature, and complementarity of meal-time social interactions influence food intake in hospitalized elderly patients

Gerontologist

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 603-611

  Paquet, Catherine ^b   St McKenzie, Danielle ^c   Ma, Zhenfeng ^d   Kergoat, Marie Jeanne ^b   Ferland, Guylaine ^b   Dubé, Laurette ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interpersonal behavior; Interpersonal circumptex; Meal fellowship; Nutrition; Social facilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 57149114953     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/48.5.603     Document Type: Article

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