Nutrition and health in old age : the cross-sectional analysis of the findings of a survey made in 1972/3 of elderly people who had been studied in 1967/8 : report / by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy.

  • Great Britain. Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy
Date:
1979
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Credit: Nutrition and health in old age : the cross-sectional analysis of the findings of a survey made in 1972/3 of elderly people who had been studied in 1967/8 : report / by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    13. Discussion and summary of findings 157 13.1 Survey sample 13.2 Food energy and nutrient intakes of the elderly 13.3. Malnutrition 13.4 The housebound 13.5 Supplementary benefit and social class 13.6 Other studies on special groups 13.7. Laboratory studies 14. Conclusions 167 Appendices A_ Subjects who were contacted but either did not participate or did not participate fully in the 1972/3 study . Case histories of the malnourished subjects with summary tables of findings Indices derived from anthropometry Biochemical methods Special study — Biochemical reference ranges in healthy elderly people by D I Thurnham and J M L Stephen moaQw References Copies of the forms used in the survey can be obtained from: Mrs M M Disselduff, Department of Health and Social Security, Alexander Fleming House, Elephant and Castle, London SE! 6BY xil 169 Le 190 19] 198 206