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Older Adults' Age-Related Communication and Routine Dietary Habits.

Quinten S Bernhold¹, Howard Giles²

¹School of Communication Studies, University of Tennessee , Knoxville.

Health Communication

|August 27, 2019

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Older adults' communication styles influence their eating habits. Engaged communication positively impacts fruit intake and reduces soft drink consumption, while bantering communication is linked to lower vegetable intake.

Area of Science:

Gerontology
Health Communication
Nutritional Science

Background:

The Communicative Ecology Model of Successful Aging (CEMSA) provides a framework for understanding communication in later life.
Previous research has not extensively explored the link between age-related communication patterns and dietary habits in older adults.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if older adults' communication styles regarding age-related issues predict their dietary habits.
To determine the relationship between different types of age-related communication (engaged, bantering, disengaged) and specific food and beverage consumption.

Main Methods:

Participants were categorized into 'engaged,' 'bantering,' or 'disengaged' agers based on their communication patterns about aging.
Statistical analyses were used to examine the predictive power of these communication styles on dietary behaviors.

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Main Results:

'Engaged' agers showed higher fruit consumption and lower soft drink intake.
'Bantering' agers exhibited lower vegetable consumption.
Communication patterns related to aging significantly predict specific dietary choices.

Conclusions:

The findings suggest that the CEMSA can be extended to encompass routine dietary habits.
Age-related communication is a potential factor influencing the health and well-being of older adults.
Future research should explore dietary habits as mediators between communication and health outcomes.