Abstract

PEREZ HECHAVARRIA, Gipsy de los Ángeles; ALVAREZ CORTES, Julia Tamara; PEREZ HECHAVARRIA, Alejandro Roberto  and  BELLO HERNANDEZ, Vivian. Nutritional status evaluation of an elderly population from dietetical, anthropometrical, and clinical points of view. MEDISAN [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.9, pp. 2112-2121. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross-sectional study with 53 elderly assisted at the doctor's office number 12 type 1 from ¨Municipal¨ University Polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba municipality was carried out from July, 2008 to June, 2009 in order to evaluate their nutritional status. In the case material, bad eating patterns and diets that tend to make people obese were relevant. Malnourished patients due to excess were predominant and the majority of them had clinical manifestations and/or affections, both suggesting malnutrition.

Keywords : elderly; nutritional status; eating patterns; malnutrition; doctor's office; primary health care.

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