Factors associated with eating behaviors in older adults from a socioecological model perspective

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Wang, Xue, Wu, Yibo, Miao, Juanxia, Pu, Keping, Ming, Wai-Kit, Zang, Shuang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 05.09.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adults; Aged; Aging; Analysis; Anxiety; China; Community colleges; Confidence intervals; Eating; Eating behavior; Education; Food and nutrition; Food habits; Generalized linear models; Health aspects; Likert scale; Malnutrition; Multivariate analysis; Older adults; Older people; Personality; Personality traits; Population; Population studies; Public health; Questionnaires; Regression coefficients; Sample size; Social aspects; Social ecology; Social support; Socioecological model; Statistical analysis; Statistical models; Surveys; China

Background The eating behaviors of older adults are associated with multiple factors. To promote older adults' healthy diets, it is imperative to comprehensively study the factors associated with the eating behaviors of the aging population group. This study aimed to probe the associated factor...