농촌 거택노인의 영양 및 건강 실태조사

A Survey on Nutrition and Health Status of the Elderty in Rural Area

Studies about nutritional status, dietary behaviors and food preference as well as health status were performed to 110 homo-living elderly in rural arcs, Asan. The results obtained by questionnaires and interviews for 24-hr dietary recall wire as follows. They were 68.6 years of average age. The weights were 53.8㎏ and 51.4㎏ of male and female, respectively and BMI 22.0 and 23.5. Their prevalence of obesity and high blood pressure were 65.5% and 60.5%, respectively, which seemed to be less than ones in large cities. More than 50% of the elderly thought their health as good or so-so. Physical health conditions by check list were indicated as 2.26 points, which meant the listed physical symptoms observed seldom(3pts) to sometimes(2pts). Evaluations on food frequency and seasoning tendency resulted in superior quality of female elderly's meals to that of male ones. Average daily intake of energy, protein, vitamin A, riboflavin and ascorbic mid of the elderly in noel area were lower than Korean RDA for the aged 60∼69 and riboflavin was found to be the least sufficient nutrient. Their monthly expenditure, meal-accompany and skipped meals were significantly related to daily nutrient intake.