The nutritional status, chronic diseases, and some related factors in the older people living in a rural commune of the Northern delta area
- Author:
Nguyen Xuan Ninh
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Nutrition
- MeSH:
Nutritional Status;
Chronic Disease;
Aged
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2004;294(1):22-28
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The older people (aged from 50-74 years old) in a rural commune of the Northern delta area were carried out the nutritional status, chronic diseases, and some related factors. The results indicated that the high rate (38.5%) of chronic energy deficiency (CED); the main chronic diseases are the osteoporosis/arthrosis (19.9%), the digestive system (14.2%), and the hypertension (12.5%). The nutritive values of food consumption was deficient 17% of energy, on protein and some essential micronutrients for older people such as calcium, phosphor, iron, vitamin C. Some at risk factors (occupation, food habit, life style) related to chronic diseases are the followings: the hypertension with high BMI, alcohol drinks, the digestive disease with smoking, tea, femented vegetables; Bone disease is more frequent in the farmer than the salaries
