Nutritional status of Irish older people in receipt of meals-on-wheels and the nutritional content of meals provided

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 521-527

  O'Dwyer, C ^a   Corish, C A ^b   Timonen, V ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

24 h dietary recall; Meals on wheels; Nutritional assessments; Older people

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY;

EID: 70450211675     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2009.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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