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Nutrient adequacy of elderly in Guna Budi Bakti Nursing Home: a pilot study in Medan City-Indonesia

Health condition in the elderly is determined by the quality and quantity of food and nutrient being consumed. However, the nutrient adequacy among elderly people at nursing home in Indonesia has rarely been investigated. Therefore, a cross sectional study was conducted to determine nutrient adequ...

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Main Authors: Evawany Aritonang,, Jumirah,, Gustin Dytha Sari,
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit UKM 2010
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3666/1/Nutrient_Adequacy_of_Elderly_in_Guna_Budi.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.36662016-12-14T06:35:04Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3666/ Nutrient adequacy of elderly in Guna Budi Bakti Nursing Home: a pilot study in Medan City-Indonesia Evawany Aritonang, Jumirah, Gustin Dytha Sari, Health condition in the elderly is determined by the quality and quantity of food and nutrient being consumed. However, the nutrient adequacy among elderly people at nursing home in Indonesia has rarely been investigated. Therefore, a cross sectional study was conducted to determine nutrient adequacy in Guna Budi Bakti nursing home in the city of Medan. Elderly food intake was assessed by three days food weighing method and compared to the Indonesian Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA). Energy intake reached >100% of RDA. Although the majority of subject able to meet 70% of RDA for protein and vitamin A, a proportion of subject could not meet the recommendation of protein (26.6%) and vitamin A (28.3%). Calcium and ferum intake were approximately 20% of RDA Furthermore, there is a need for a balanced food to planned and provided at the nursing home in the study Penerbit UKM 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3666/1/Nutrient_Adequacy_of_Elderly_in_Guna_Budi.pdf Evawany Aritonang, and Jumirah, and Gustin Dytha Sari, (2010) Nutrient adequacy of elderly in Guna Budi Bakti Nursing Home: a pilot study in Medan City-Indonesia. Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia, 8 (2). pp. 5-7. ISSN 1675-8161 http://www.fsk.ukm.my/jurnal/jilid%208%282%29%202010/Chap%202.pdf
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description Health condition in the elderly is determined by the quality and quantity of food and nutrient being consumed. However, the nutrient adequacy among elderly people at nursing home in Indonesia has rarely been investigated. Therefore, a cross sectional study was conducted to determine nutrient adequacy in Guna Budi Bakti nursing home in the city of Medan. Elderly food intake was assessed by three days food weighing method and compared to the Indonesian Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA). Energy intake reached >100% of RDA. Although the majority of subject able to meet 70% of RDA for protein and vitamin A, a proportion of subject could not meet the recommendation of protein (26.6%) and vitamin A (28.3%). Calcium and ferum intake were approximately 20% of RDA Furthermore, there is a need for a balanced food to planned and provided at the nursing home in the study
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author Evawany Aritonang,
Jumirah,
Gustin Dytha Sari,
spellingShingle Evawany Aritonang,
Jumirah,
Gustin Dytha Sari,
Nutrient adequacy of elderly in Guna Budi Bakti Nursing Home: a pilot study in Medan City-Indonesia
author_facet Evawany Aritonang,
Jumirah,
Gustin Dytha Sari,
author_sort Evawany Aritonang,
title Nutrient adequacy of elderly in Guna Budi Bakti Nursing Home: a pilot study in Medan City-Indonesia
title_short Nutrient adequacy of elderly in Guna Budi Bakti Nursing Home: a pilot study in Medan City-Indonesia
title_full Nutrient adequacy of elderly in Guna Budi Bakti Nursing Home: a pilot study in Medan City-Indonesia
title_fullStr Nutrient adequacy of elderly in Guna Budi Bakti Nursing Home: a pilot study in Medan City-Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Nutrient adequacy of elderly in Guna Budi Bakti Nursing Home: a pilot study in Medan City-Indonesia
title_sort nutrient adequacy of elderly in guna budi bakti nursing home: a pilot study in medan city-indonesia
publisher Penerbit UKM
publishDate 2010
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3666/1/Nutrient_Adequacy_of_Elderly_in_Guna_Budi.pdf
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http://www.fsk.ukm.my/jurnal/jilid%208%282%29%202010/Chap%202.pdf
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