Tag: MEDICAL

Calories The basal metabolic rate decreases with advancing age. The decrease combined with reduced physical activity results in a decreased…

Ageing brings about changes in the gastro-intestinal system and results in changed nutritional needs, changes include decreased smell and taste…

Food habits are a typical behaviour of a particular group of people (culture) in relation to food (Barasi, 2009). It…

The body is composed of water, minerals and fats. The body could be divided into a fat component and a…

According to Baker, (2009), malnutrition is rarely the only problem of an elderly person. Malnutrition does not usually occur in…

Malnutrition also includes over nutrition, which is the excessive intake of nutrients. It is also associated with eating too much…

Malnutrition include under nutrition, which is the result of a deficiency of one or more nutrient. Under nutrition can be…

Ageing is the process by which certain body functions decline gradually with the passing of time until there may be…

Food is a basic human need and fundamental to life in all societies (Baker, 2009). The type of food we…

The onset of old age although arbitrarily set at 65years of age varies so much from person to person that…

This chapter tends to review literature and related works of other authors on food habit of the elderly in other…

Ageing: It is defined as the regression of physiological function accompanied by advancing age. Assessment: It is the process of…

1.      Are the elderly people in Agbor Delta State aware of the implication of their food habit or pattern to…

This research will go a long way in helping home economists, community nutritionists in educating the elderly on health feeding…

The purpose of this study is to: 1.      Determine the level of awareness about feeding habits amongst the elderly in…

Evidence keep monitoring that certain food factors and current dietary habit may be linked with health problem as diverse as…

The term ‘elderly’ is used to refer to men and women of pensionable age (Barasi,2009). According to Ensiminger, (2005), elderly…

The study focused on Feeding Patterns and its Associated Health Problem of the Elderly in Agbor Delta State with the…

Table of contents Abstract CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1             Background of the study 1.2             Statement of problem      1.3             Purpose of study   …

Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is about collecting, storing, analyzing and finally transforming data into strategic information so it can be…