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Introduction

This paper examines the topic of nutrition education for the elderly. Only within the past decade has proper nutrition been recognized as making a major contribution to the health and well-being of the elderly. This recognition of the importance of nutrition in the later years has led to the recent establishment of many nutrition programs for the elderly. As nutrition education is seen as an important tool in improving the nutritional status of the elderly, many of these now programs include nutrition education components.

Part One of this paper discusses the relationship between nutrition and aging. It describes various nutrition and nutrition education programs recently established for the aged, and focuses on the federally-supported Congregate Meal Programs for the Elderly and the Nutrition Education components of those programs.

Part Two describes in detail my own Nutrition Education Program, "Nutrition for Senior Citizens," which was conducted as part of the Congregate Meal Program at the Steelworkers Old Timers Foundation in Fontana, California, during 1973-74. This program represents my Field Project in fulfillment of the requirement for the Masters of Public Health at Loma Linda University School of Health.

LLU Discipline

Nutrition

Department

Nutrition

School

School of Public Health

Degree Name

Master of Public Health (MPH)

Year Degree Awarded

1976

Date (Title Page)

8-1975

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Nutrition -- education; Aged; Nutrition -- in old age

Type

Thesis

Page Count

v; 81 p.; [78 p.]

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

Usage Rights

This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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