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Characteristics related to elderly persons' not eating for 1 or more days: implications for meal programs
E A Frongillo1, B S Rauschenbach, D A Roe
1Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.
American Journal of Public Health
|April 11, 1992
Abstract:
We examined how social, economic, location, health, and food need characteristics are related to elderly persons' not eating for 1 or more days. The following variables were positively related to not eating: ethnicity, location, receipt of Medicaid, living alone, health problems, mobility, age less than 80 years, cancer, nausea, difficulty swallowing, diarrhea, loss of appetite, and receipt of food from a food pantry. These results have implications for allocating meal program funds, screening clients, and monitoring whether clients eat regularly.