Older women's reduced contact with food in the Changes Around Food Experience (CAFE) study: Choices, adaptations and dynamism

Ageing and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 645-669

  Lane, Kathleen ^a   Poland, Fiona ^a   Fleming, Sheila ^b   Lambert, Nigel ^a   MacDonald, Hilary ^c   Potter, John ^d   Raats, Monique ^e   Skidmore, Paula ^f   Vince, Carol ^b   Wellings, Amander ^b   Hooper, Lee ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Public and Patient Involvement in Research (PPIRes) Research and Development Lakeside 400   (United Kingdom)

^c AGE UK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adaptations in later life; Dynamism; Food practices; Lifecourse changes; Older women; Shopping; Social engagement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; WOMENS STATUS; HEALTH IMPACT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ENGLAND; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84896123941     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X12001201     Document Type: Article

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