性别和婚姻状况与老年人健康饮食有关
Poshan Dahal1, Reema Sen1, Eva Kahana1
1Department of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
概括
年龄较大的成年人.
科学领域:
- 老年学和营养科学研究
背景情况:
- 老年人的营养与婚姻状况有关.
- 很少有研究研究美国老年人健康饮食的性别和婚姻状况相互作用.
研究的目的:
- 研究老年人性别,婚姻状况和健康饮食之间的关系.
- 探索影响老年人健康饮食模式的因素.
主要方法:
- 对居住在佛罗里达州退休社区的老年人样本的分析.
- 统计分析控制婚姻状况,性别,健康,社会隔离和孤独.
主要成果:
- 在女性和男性之间观察到健康饮食的显著差异.
- 寡妇,离婚和从未结婚的身份与健康饮食有负面联系.
- 残疾和孤独也与健康饮食有负相关性.
结论:
- 性别和婚姻状况显著影响老年人的健康饮食习惯.
- 在促进老年人营养时,干预措施应考虑婚姻状况和孤独感.
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