Nutrition and health of the rural elderly in five selected barangays in the Philippines

Garcia, Pilar A.; Luther, T.; Serrano, Francisco Javier Paricio; Tan, A.G.

doi:10.1016/s0271-5317(82)80066-3

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“…The mean standing height of the 55 to 59 year old women was 4.8 cm more than the mean standing height of those 70 years and older. Similar trends have been reported from other cross-sectional studies of the elderly (Dequeker, Baeyens and Claessens, 1969;Garcia et al, 1982). In a longitudinal study in Sweden, Noppa etal.…”

Section: Height and Indicators Of Staturesupporting

confidence: 87%

“…Following previously reported trends, mean triceps skinfold measurements were greater than those for older women from other Asian developing countries (Garcia et al, 1982), but less than those for both older U.S. Asian females (Netland and Brownstein, 1985) and white females in NHANES II (Najjar and Rowland, 1987) (Table II). Age was negatively correlated with both right (r = -.41, p < .001) and left (r = -.41, p < .001) triceps skinfolds.…”

Section: Indicators Of Adiposity and Body Compositionsupporting

confidence: 77%

“…The mean body weight for the entire sample was 49.8 ± 12.0kg, and the mean body mass index or BMI was 22.9 ± 4.9kg/m 2 . The mean body weight of Malay women 60 to 69 years in this sample was 9.8kg heavier than that of the same age group of rural Filipino women (Garcia et al, 1982). Similarly, the Malay elderly were 8.5kg heavier in mean body weight than Indian women 60 years and over (Kullah and Ramnath, 1985).…”

Section: Indicators Of Adiposity and Body Compositionmentioning

confidence: 60%

“…In contrast, about onefourth of the sample were classified in the underweight category, and the prevalence of underweight increased with age. Compared to a sample of elderly females in the Philippines, the prevalence of underweight among this sample is 42.8 ± 8.8 20.5 ± 3.9 68.9 ± 10.2 83.5 ± 8.1 0.82 ± 0.07 24.0 ± 3.5 23.7 ± 3.5 19.6 ± 2.3 30.9 ± 7.2 11.9 ± 5.1 13.0 ± 5.7 14.5 ± 7.7 similar, but the prevalence of overweight is much higher (Garcia et al, 1982). The mean waist circumference for the group was 72.8 ± 11.8 cm, and the mean hip circumference was 88.2 ± 10.0cm.…”

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confidence: 95%

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Anthropometric characteristics of rural elderly females in Malaysia

Yassin

Terry

1991

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

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Selected anthropometric measurements were examined for 305 Malay females age 55 and older from selected rural villages in Malaysia. Although height and indicators of stature were similar to elderly Asian females living in similar environments, the Malay females were comparatively heavier with more body fat. Age was negatively and significantly related to changes in standing and sitting heights, arm span, body weight, body mass index, waist and hip circumferences, upper arm and arm muscle circumferences, mid-arm muscle area, triceps skinfolds, and mid-arm fat area. These age-related changes may be a function of biological, secular, or methodological variation. Both underweight and obesity appear to be prevalent, and waist-hip ratio trends indicate that excess body fat is preferentially deposited in the abdominal region. Such obesity trends may be contributing to the current rise in chronic disease death rates in Malaysia.

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Section: Height and Indicators Of Staturesupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Indicators Of Adiposity and Body Compositionsupporting

confidence: 77%

Section: Indicators Of Adiposity and Body Compositionmentioning

confidence: 60%

Section: Indicators Of Adiposity and Body Compositionmentioning

confidence: 95%

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Anthropometric characteristics of rural elderly females in Malaysia

Yassin

Terry

1991

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

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“… 6 Unfortunately, the few reported studies among the rural elderly population (exclusively Malays) only used a small sample size and a 24‐h dietary recall. 7 The 24‐h dietary recall, which has been the most frequently used method to assess nutrient intakes by other investigators in the Asian region, 8–10 provides satisfactory estimations for the mean dietary intake of groups. However, it does not provide reliable estimates of usual intake for an individual for many nutrients.…”

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Food intakes and habits of rural elderly Malays

Shahar

Earland

Rahman

2000

Asia Pac J Clin Nutr

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A cross-sectional nutritional survey was carried out on 350 elderly Malays aged 60 and above from 11 randomly selected villages in a rural area on the east coast of Malaysia. The findings indicated that the mean intakes of energy and of all of the nutrients investigated were below the Malaysian Recommended Dietary Allowances, except for protein and vitamin C. With respect to dietary habits, almost all of the subjects reported that they had breakfast (99.3%), lunch (97.9%) and dinner (90.4%) daily or almost daily (5-6 times/week). However, approximately half of the subjects, especially women, had particular beliefs and prohibitions about specific foods. Most of the subjects usually ate their meals at home, particularly dinner, with 99.3% always having dinner in their own home. Thus, although the rural elderly Malays studied had regular meal intakes, the dietary intake was inadequate. There is a need to plan community-based intervention programmes in order to prevent the subsequent consequences of malnutrition that lead to increased morbidity and mortality.

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Development of a screening tool for detecting undernutrition and dietary inadequacy among rural elderly in Malaysia: simple indices to identify individuals at high risk

Shahar

Dixon

Earland

1999

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

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Undernutrition and the consumption of poor diets are prevalent among elderly people in developing countries. Recognising the importance of the early identification of individuals at high nutritional risk, this study aimed to develop a simple tool for screening. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 11 randomly selected villages among the 62 in Mersing District, Malaysia. Undernutrition was assessed using body mass index, plasma albumin and haemoglobin on 285 subjects. Dietary inadequacy (a count of nutrients falling below two-thirds of the Recommended Dietary Allowances) was examined for 337 subjects. Logistic regression analysis was performed to identify significant predictors of undernutrition and dietary inadequacy from social and health factors, and to derive appropriate indices based on these predictions. The multivariate predictors of undernutrition were 'no joint disease', 'smoker', 'no hypertension', 'depended on others for economic resource', 'respiratory disease', 'perceived weight loss' and 'chewing difficulty', with a joint sensitivity of 56% and specificity of 84%. The equivalent predictors of dietary inadequacy were 'unable to take public transport', 'loss of appetite', 'chewing difficulty', 'no regular fruit intake' and 'regularly taking less than three meals per day', with a joint sensitivity of 77% and specificity of 47%. These predictions, with minor modification to simplify operational use, led to the production of a simple screening tool. The tool can be used by public health professionals or community workers or leaders as a simple and rapid instrument to screen individual at high risk of undernutrition and/or dietary inadequacy.

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Nutrition and health of the rural elderly in five selected barangays in the Philippines

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Anthropometric characteristics of rural elderly females in Malaysia

Anthropometric characteristics of rural elderly females in Malaysia

Food intakes and habits of rural elderly Malays

Development of a screening tool for detecting undernutrition and dietary inadequacy among rural elderly in Malaysia: simple indices to identify individuals at high risk

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