Below are summaries of several nutrition research articles published in the November 1998 issue of The Journal of The American Dietetic Association. The proportion of elderly obese people in this country has grown from 14 percent in the 1960s to nearly 23 percent today, the researchers say. The trend holds for all age, sex and racial and ethnic groups, and women are slightly more susceptible than men.
Depression is also common among obese older people.
After three years, participants' weight and cholesterol levels had not increased significantly. Consumers want nutrition labels and other written health claims by food manufacturers to be short, easily visible on the package and to contain specific information that will help them make decisions about their nutrition and health, according to a researcher at the University of Utah. A decade ago, consumers were mostly interested in detailed information that didn't necessarily address the health claims of the specific product, the author writes. Luke's Medical Center. They were also asked to say whether the actual food experience was better or worse than they expected.