Ready-meal consumption in older people: association with obesity and dietary intake

Objective To investigate ready-meal consumption trends in older French people, its association with overall diet quality and obesity. Design Cross-sectional analysis Setting Multidomain Alzheimer Preventive Trial (MAPT), France Subjects 421 MAPT participants (mean age 76.8 years) who filled a food f...

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Published in:Aging clinical and experimental research 2019-06, Vol.31 (6), p.855-861
Main Authors: Soriano, Gaëlle, De Barreto, Philippe Souto, Rolland, Yves, Plessz, Marie, Goisser, Sabine, Guyonnet, Sophie, Fougère, Bertrand, Vellas, Bruno, Andrieu, Sandrine, Sourdet, Sandrine
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Language:English
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Diet
Frailty
Geriatrics/Gerontology
Life Sciences
Meals
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Obesity
Older people
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Summary:Objective To investigate ready-meal consumption trends in older French people, its association with overall diet quality and obesity. Design Cross-sectional analysis Setting Multidomain Alzheimer Preventive Trial (MAPT), France Subjects 421 MAPT participants (mean age 76.8 years) who filled a food frequency questionnaire. Results The frequency of ready-meal consumption was low, with nearly 90% of participants declaring consuming ≤ 1 ready-meal per week. Compared to non- and low-consumers (≤ 1 ready-meal/week), regular consumers (≥ 2 ready-meals/week) were older ( p  
ISSN:1720-8319
1594-0667
1720-8319
DOI:10.1007/s40520-018-1043-5