QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY BASED
NUTRITION PROGRAMS AND INTERVENTIONS Location: Food Surveys
Title: Socioeconomic characteristics, dietary and lifestyle
patterns, and health and weight status of older adults in NHANES
1999-2002: A comparison of Caucasians and African Americans
Submitted to: Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly Publication
Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Publication Acceptance Date: June
16, 2009 Publication Date: June 16, 2009 Citation: Bowman, S.A.
2009. Socioeconomic characteristics, dietary and lifestyle
patterns, and health and weight status of older adults in NHANES
1999-2002: A comparison of Caucasians and African Americans.
Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly. 28(1):30-46. Interpretive
Summary: Currently, older adults represent about 12 percent of
the total U.S. population. And the number of older adults is
expected to continue to increase from 35 million to 71.5 million
in 2030, representing about 20 percent of the total population.
Therefore, nutritional status