Energy, macronutrient and fatty acid intake of French elderly community dwellers and association with socio-demographic characteristics: data from the Bordeaux sample of the Three-City Study

• Published in: British journal of nutrition Vol. 98; no. 5; pp. 1046 - 1057
• Main Authors: Féart, Catherine, Jutand, Marthe A., Larrieu, Sophie, Letenneur, Luc, Delcourt, Cécile, Combe, Nicole, Barberger-Gateau, Pascale
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.11.2007; Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Subjects: administration & dosage; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Ageing; Aging; Aging - physiology; Aging - psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical research; Body Mass Index; Bordeaux sample of the Three-City Study; Cohort studies; Diet; dietary fat; Dietary Fats; Dietary Fats - administration & dosage; Dietitians; eating habits; elderly; elderly nutrition; Energy Intake; Epidemiologic Methods; epidemiological studies; Fatty acids; Fatty Acids - administration & dosage; Feeding Behavior; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; France; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; gender differences; Humans; Income; Life Sciences; Living conditions; macronutrients; Male; Marital Status; men; Mortality; nutrients; Nutrition; Physical examinations; physiology; psychology; Risk factors; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Sex Factors; sociodemographic characteristics; Socioeconomic Factors; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; women; France; Nutrition; Fatty acids; Ageing; Cohort studies; Human; Senescence; Lipids; Feeding; Vertebrata; Association; French; Mammalia; Energy; Cohort study; Macronutrient; Elderly; Cohort studies: Nutrition: Ageing: Fatty acids; Community

Few data are available regarding dietary habits of the elderly, in particular about fatty acid consumption, whereas these are major risk or protective factors of several age-related diseases. The aim of the present study was to characterise the dietary intake of a French elderly population in terms...