Older Adults Who Are Frail Much More Likely to Be Food Insufficient, According to National Study
Monday, November 5, 2012 - 14:31
in Health & Medicine
A national study of older Americans shows those who have limited mobility and low physical activity - scientifically categorized as "frail" - are five times more likely to report that they often don't have enough to eat, defined as "food insufficiency," than older adults who were not frail. The nationally representative study of more than 4,700 adults older than age 60 in the United States uses data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The results are online today in the British Journal of Nutrition.