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Nutritional status of healthy, active, Chinese elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Jean Woo ,
S. C. Ho ,
S. P. B. Donnan  and
R. Swaminathan
Jean Woo
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong
S. C. Ho
Affiliation:
Department of Community Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong
S. P. B. Donnan
Affiliation:
Department of Community Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong
R. Swaminathan
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Pathology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong
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Abstract

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1. Anthropometric indices are presented for 402 healthy Chinese elderly subjects leading an active life in the community in Hong Kong.

2. Women had higher body-mass index (weight/height2) and body fat, while fat-free mass, arm-muscle circumference and corrected arm-muscle area were higher in men. Body-mass index, fat-free mass, arm-muscle circumference and corrected arm-muscle area did not decline with age. Total body fat was lower in women aged 75 years and above compared with those aged 60–64 years.

3. All values were lower than those for elderly Caucasians. A different criteria for severe wasting malnutrition among elderly Chinese should be established.

Type
Clinical and Human Nutrition Papers: Studies in Man
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 60 , Issue 1 , July 1988 , pp. 21 - 28
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1988

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