What influences diet quality in older people? A qualitative study among community-dwelling older adults from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study, UK

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2017, Pages 2685-2693

  Bloom, Ilse ^a,b   Lawrence, Wendy ^a,b   Barker, Mary ^a,b   Baird, Janis ^a   Dennison, Elaine ^a   Sayer, Avan Aihie ^a,c,d,e   Cooper, Cyrus ^a,f   Robinson, Sian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

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

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Focus groups; Food choice; Psychological factors; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85025159749     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017001203     Document Type: Article

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