Comparative Dietary Assessment of Geriatric Male Residing in Old Age Home and in Families of Udaipur City

Abstract A man's life is normally divided into four main stages namely infancy, childhood, adulthood and old age. The present study was conducted to assess the dietary intake of old age people residing in old age home and in families of Udaipur city, India. The total sample of the present study was selected randomly andconsisted of 100 elderly male person out of that 50 respondents were from old age homes and 50 respondents were those who were living with their families. Thus the total sample size was 100. Diet is considered as a critical part of individual or family. A dietary survey was conducted using 24 hour recall method to find out the daily dietary pattern and nutrient intake in the diet of old people (male) selected for the study. The food intake of the elderly institutionalized males (IM) in comparison to non-institutionalized males (NIM) was studied. It can be deduced from the findings of research by dietary survey that the diets of elderly males in comparison to the balanced diets was substantially inadequate in cereals (46.61% of NIM and 43.75% of IM), pulses (34.4% of NIM and 64.25% of IM), roots and tubers (3.08% in NIM and 3.97% of IM), green leafy vegetables (60.64% of NIM and 10.39% of IM) and fruits (26.66% of NIM and 14.76% of IM) except milk and milk products (136.54% of NIM and 77.86% of IM), sugar (81% of NIM and 65.12% of IM) and fats and oils (145.9% NIM and 99.75% of IM). Significant difference was found in between cereals, pulses, fruits, roots and tubers, green leafy vegetables, milk and milk products, sugar and fats and oil. Nutrient intake was also found significantly lower in males as compared to the recommended dietary allowances(RDA) except fat, calcium and riboflavin. Keywords:  Assessment, elderly, nutrients, recommended dietary allowances (RDA) Cite this Article Kusum Mittal, Khushbu Gurjar. Comparative Dietary Assessment of Geriatric Male Residing in Old Age Home and in Families of Udaipur City. Research & Reviews: Journal of Dairy Science and Technology. 2019; 8(3): 1–7p. Kusum Mittal, Khushbu Gurjar. Comparative Dietary Assessment of Geriatric Male Residing in Old Age Home and in Families of Udaipur City. Research & Reviews: Journal of Dairy Science and Technology. 2019; 8(3): 1–7p.