Food behavior change in late-life widowhood: A two-stage process

Appetite

Volumn 95, Issue , 2015, Pages 399-407

  Vesnaver, Elisabeth ^a   Keller, Heather H ^b   Sutherland, Olga ^a   Maitland, Scott B ^a   Locher, J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating behavior; Food intake; Older adults; Qualitative; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CANADIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY LIVING; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INCOME; MEAL; SHOPPING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WIDOW; CANADA; DIET; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 84939624886     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.07.027     Document Type: Article

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