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Quality of diets of older Americans.

Publication: Family Economics and Nutrition Review
Publication Date: 22-MAR-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Quality of diets of older Americans.(food habits of elder Americans)

Article Excerpt
The diets of most older Americans need to improve, as indicated by the 1999-2000 Healthy Eating Index (HEI). This is of concern given the link between diet and chronic disease even for older people. In addition, less than optimal diets, as well as inactivity among older Americans, are key factors affecting the degree to which people are overweight. Overweight and obesity can result in a number of adverse conditions.

To assess the status of Americans' diets and to monitor changes in these patterns, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) developed the HEI, the only instrument computed on a regular basis by the Federal Government that gauges the overall quality of the population's diet. This report presents the HEI for older Americans (age 65 and over) for 1999-2000--the most recent period for which nationally representative data are available to compute the HEI. It also examines the diet quality of older Americans over time (1999-2000 vs. 1989-90). Data used for analysis are from (1) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition...

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