Old and alone: Barriers to healthy eating in older men living on their own

Appetite

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-276

  Hughes, Georgina ^a   Bennett, Kate M ^a   Hetherington, Marion M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 a day; Ageing; Appetite; Cooking; Food intake; Fruits and vegetables

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; RETINOL; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; EATING HABIT; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; VEGETABLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APPETITE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COOKERY; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FRUIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 7444237046     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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