| Literature DB >> 1546786 |
E A Frongillo1, B S Rauschenbach, D A Roe, D F Williamson.
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.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1546786 PMCID: PMC1694116 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.82.4.600
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Public Health ISSN: 0090-0036 Impact factor: 9.308