Article ; Online: Exploring Eating Habits, Healthy Food Awareness, and Inclination toward Functional Foods of Italian Elderly People through Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATIs).
2024 Volume 16, Issue 6
Abstract: The continuous increase in life expectancy leads to progressive population ageing, especially in most developed countries. A healthy diet and better consumption of tailored functional foods may represent one of the strategies to postpone or slow down age- ...
Abstract | The continuous increase in life expectancy leads to progressive population ageing, especially in most developed countries. A healthy diet and better consumption of tailored functional foods may represent one of the strategies to postpone or slow down age-related decrements, thus increasing healthy ageing and reducing healthcare costs. This research aimed to explore elderly people's (>65 years old) eating habits and assess their awareness of food-health correlation. In total, 511 Italian seniors answered a CATI (computer-assisted telephone interviewing) questionnaire through a deep, telephone interview to collect information about dietary habits, healthy food awareness, and inclination for functional foods. The elderly were divided into four groups according to gender and age: Early Elderly Female ( |
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MeSH term(s) | Male ; Humans ; Female ; Aged ; Functional Food ; Feeding Behavior ; Diet ; Vegetables ; Diet, Mediterranean ; Italy ; Telephone ; Computers |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-03-07 |
Publishing country | Switzerland |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2518386-2 |
ISSN | 2072-6643 ; 2072-6643 |
ISSN (online) | 2072-6643 |
ISSN | 2072-6643 |
DOI | 10.3390/nu16060762 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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