Maradee A. Davis|Suzanne P. Murphy|John Neuhaus|Lauren Gee|Seline Szkupinski Quiroga
Living Arrangements Affect Dietary Quality for U.S. Adults Aged 50 Years and Older: NHANES III 1988–1994
University of California, San Francisco|University of California, San Francisco|University of California, San Francisco|University of California, San Francisco|University of California, San Francisco
number proportion older us adults live alone increased dramatically past three decades concern individuals may particularly poor dietary quality examined association four living arrangements living spouse spouse plus someone else someone spouse living alone dietary quality number low nutrients possible 15 low defined 67 recommended dietary allowance among 6525 us adults aged 5064 65 third national health nutrition examination survey nhanes iii 19881994 among nonhispanic caucasian adults lived spouse better dietary quality significant differences ranging 08 15 fewer low nutrients compared living arrangements effects living arrangements dietary quality also seen among nonhispanic africanamericans mexicanamericans races differences significant africanamerican men aged 65 living spouse plus others 16 additional low nutrients compared living spouse energy intake strongly associated dietary quality account associations living arrangements dietary quality although middleaged older adults living arrangements living spouse including living alone tended poorer dietary quality effects varied substantially across age gender ethnic categories