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- Title
Factors associated with eating behavior of young-old and oldest-old people from Southern Brazil.
- Authors
Westphalen Palma, Shelly; da Silva Leal, Greisse Viero; Gonçalves Bós, Ângelo José; Dallepiane, Loiva Beatriz
- Abstract
The objective of this cross-sectional study with 6974 old people was to characterize the eating behavior of the young-old and oldest-old determined by the functional difficulty of eating by oneself, self-perception of appetite and number of daily meals, analyzed by the Poisson regression model. Young-old people feed more easily by themselves and had better selfperception of appetite; the oldest-old ones had more daily meals. In the adjusted analysis, poor self-perception of appetite was related with poor self-perception of general health among younger elderly, and being a woman among the oldest-old ones. Younger elderly presented, as a positive predictive factor the number of meals, leaving home and having adequate weight and no chronic disease. Among the oldest-old ones, leaving home was a negative predictor of the number of meals. Thus, the determining factors for worse eating behavior were being oldest-old, living without a partner, poor self-rated health and oral health.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; FOOD habits; APPETITE
- Publication
Saúde e Pesquisa, 2021, Vol 14, p107
- ISSN
1983-1870
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17765/2176-9206.2021v14Supl.1.e9298