Elderly Koreans (<60 year old) living in Seoul were surveyed with questionnaire to investigate their nutritional status and those factors affected. The result could be summerized as follows :
Mean energy intakes of elderly men and women were 1,528 and 1,292㎉, and 79.1 and 65.5% of RDA, respectively. Below 2/3 of RDA were Ca and vit. A in men and Ca, vit. A and riboflavin in women. Compared with elderly men, elderly women showed lower quality of diet. In men intakes of nutrients were markedly decreased after 80 years old but in women these tendency showed more early stages of ages. The factors that had effect on nutrient intakes were age, height in men and SES, body weight and BMI in women.
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