Nutritional status, dietary habits, nutritional knowledge and self-care assessment in a group of older adults attending community centres in Pavia, Northern Italy

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-55

  Turconi, G ^a   Rossi, M ^a   Roggi, C ^a   Maccarini, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community centres; Dietary habits; Nutrition policy; Nutritional knowledge; Nutritional status; Older people; Self care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENT; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL CLASS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872688557     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2012.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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