Influences on diet quality in older age: The importance of social factors

Age and Ageing

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 277-283

  Bloom, Ilse ^a,b   Edwards, Mark ^a   Jameson, Karen A ^a   Syddall, Holly E ^a   Dennison, Elaine ^a   Gale, Catharine R ^a,c   Baird, Janis ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^a,d   Sayer, Avan Aihie ^a,e,f,g   Robinson, Sian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g NIHR Wessex Collaboration for Leadership and Research in Health Care   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Diet; Older people; Social relationships; UK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; DEPRESSION; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE; AGING; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; ENGLAND; FOOD PREFERENCE; HABIT; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DIET; EMOTIONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HABITS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85019608431     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afw180     Document Type: Article

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