THE EFFECTS OF PROPAGANDA AND EDUCATION ON ACCEPTANCE OF BALANCED DIET IN THE ELDERLY
- VernacularTitle:老年人接受平衡膳食营养宣教前后的试验观察
- Author:
Ying CAI
;
Zhongsong SHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
nutrition education;
health promotion;
food habits
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
2001;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
To carry out propaganda and education regarding nutrition in the elderly is to improve their knowledge about balanced diets, appropriate nutrition in relation to health, to rectify their original irrational diet hapbits, and to select scientifically their nutritious diets. 797 retired military cadres were enrolled for the study of the effects of education. The results showed that proper education significantly changed their irrational diet habits, sach as over nutrition and under nutrition, and improper constitution of fatty acid in the food, and obesity and over-weight were corrected after the propaganda and education regarding nutrition were carried out. This study suggested that it was very important to edacate elderly people in regard to proper diet habit to help them give up their bad habits on selecting foods, and to avoid obecity and constipation.
