title: Nutritional status of men attending a soup kitchen: a pilot study.
abstract: Nutritional status and socioeconomic characteristics of 49 men attending a soup kitchen in a residential neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama were determined by interview, anthropometry and laboratory assays. Laboratory or anthropometric evidence of nutrient deficiency was present in 94 per cent of the subjects. Deficiency of ascorbate (63 per cent), folate (35 per cent), and thiamin (29 per cent) was higher in these men than in either patients or presumably healthy adults. Since soup kitchen meals provided insufficient vitamin C and folate, additional sources of these nutrients should be provided.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000407:Alabama; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001835:Body Weight; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D004032:Diet; D005504:Food Analysis; D005522:Food Services; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D011203:Poverty; D012177:Retinol-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D012709:Serum Albumin; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014168:Transferrin / Q000097:blood; D014815:Vitamins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D012177:Retinol-Binding Proteins; D012709:Serum Albumin; D014168:Transferrin; D014815:Vitamins