The relationship between view of daily life style and diet, and body composition, energy intake of elderly people

Abstract

  This study investigated the relationships among the daily life style, diet, body composition and food intake of elderly people. The number of elderly men and women participating in the study was 46 (average age: 82.0±5.12). The measured parameters were body composition, bone mineral density, step count, blood pressure, intake of energy and questionnaire about daily life style and diet. The result of the analysis indicated that
(1) The subjects get a high score on the question of subjective life and diet. (p<0.05)
(2) The subjects had high scores for a response to a questionnaire about health that had a high percentage of low edema. (p<0.05)
(3) The subjects had high scores for a response to a questionnaire about eat all one wants and diet satisfaction that had a high percentage of high visceral fat. (p<0.05)
(4) The score of the degree of health, life satisfaction, and pleasure of a diet tend to be associated with age. In these items, the people aged 80 and over have a high percentage of good groups. (p<0.1)
  The possibility that the result of a diet conscious survey and a visceral fat level were related was observed. In addition, the body measurement item was not connected to the quality of the conscious survey item. We need more research that includes a detailed diet and exercise intensity.