Volume : III, Issue : XI, November - 2013

Health and Nutritional Status of Elderly in Lucknow

Dr. Anish Khanna, Dr. Pratibha Gupta

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The elderly(> 60 years) are a particularly vulnerable group of the population. Health and wellbeing of elderly are affected by many interwoven aspects of their social and physical environment. This Study was carried out to examine the Health and Nutritional Status of the elderly. Anthropometric measurements were carried out on elderly. The nutritional status was assessed by measuring the hight ,weight and BMI ( Body Mass Index) classification. In all 142 elderly were incuded in the study. The results showed that nutritional status was significantly linked to age while sex was not found to be significantly associated. It was also found that nutritional status was significantly associated with socioeconomic status as well as literacy status. It is thus recommended that income level as well as literacy levels should be paid greater attention in dealing with the elderly.  

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Dr. Anish Khanna, Dr. Pratibha Gupta / Health and Nutritional Status of Elderly in Lucknow / Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.3, Issue.11 November 2013

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