Malnutrition in free-living elderly in rural south India

Prevalence and risk factors

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ID15095161
AutoresAditya Vedantam (0000-0001-9133-2964, christian medical college, vellore, autor correspondente), Vijay Subramanian (0000-0001-9136-6419, christian medical college, vellore), Nicholas Vijay Rao (christian medical college, vellore), K R John (christian medical college, vellore), KR JOHN
Ano2010
Volume13
Fascículo9
Páginas1328-1332
Data de publicação2010-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1368980009991674
PMID19807935
OpenAlexW1963782795
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas22

Objective To estimate the prevalence of malnutrition among free-living elderly in a rural population of south India. Design Cross-sectional study. Nutritional status was assessed using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) questionnaire, which is an eighteen-item nutritional screening instrument used in the elderly. Setting Kaniyambadi block, a rural development block in the state of Tamil Nadu, south India. Subjects Community-dwelling elderly (aged 60 years and above). Results As evaluated by the MNA, 14 % of the 227 subjects were malnourished and 49 % were at risk of malnourishment. No significant difference was found between men and women. The majority of the elderly were living with their children, had no income and consumed three meals per day. Older age ( P P P Conclusions More than 60 % of the subjects had low MNA scores (

Environmental health · Geography · Malnutrition · Rural area · Socioeconomics · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Medicine · Nutrition and Health in Aging