title: Anthropometric and dietary evaluations in a sample of "healthy" Mexican older adults.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to describe anthropometric, metabolic, and nutritional characteristics in healthy elderly adults in a primary health care setting. It was conducted through a cross-sectional study of 80 subjects 60 years of age and older. After confirming healthy status, clinical, biochemical, dietetic, and anthropometric evaluations were performed. The findings indicated 22% had anemia, 22% had impaired glucose tolerance, 46% had hypertriglyceridemia, and 51% had hypercholesterolemia. More than 50% had obesity, and almost 80% had a high risk waist circumference measure. Mean energy intake was normal; however, more than 50% of participants did not have adequate intakes of potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, folic acid, and vitamins B(12) and A. Inadequate food intakes were common. Specific examples are that 16% of the subjects ate no meat/egg, 31% ate no dairy products, 56% ate no legumes, 22% ate no fruits, and 41% ate no vegetables. Additionally, 31% consumed soft drinks. Therefore, we can conclude that elderly people otherwise considered as "healthy" nonetheless had a high proportion of obesity and cardiovascular risk factors. Inadequate dietary patterns were also observed and corresponded with poor micronutrient intake.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Unit in Renal Diseases, Hospital de Especialidades, CMNO, Guadalajara, Mexico.
authors.forename: Fabiola
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martin-Del-Campo
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nava-Jimenez
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Batis-Ruvalcaba
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cortes-Sanabria
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rojas-Campos
authors.forename: Hector R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Martinez-Ramirez
authors.forename: Alfonso M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cueto-Manzano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009752:Nutritional Status