Evaluación del estado nutricional y elaboración de una guía alimentaria en adultos mayores del Centro de Atención Integral del Adulto Mayor- Guano 2014.

Abstract

The present research has like objective to evaluate the nutritional stage and elaborating a food guide for the elderly people. The following variables were analyzed: general characteristics (age, gender, weight and height) and nutritional stage (18 variables indicated by the survey MNA (mini nutritional assessment)). Besides it is including the application of MNA survey, in order to evaluate its nutritional stage, using its implements; its punctuation allows identifying malnutrition, risk of malnutrition or normality. The study was comprised by 75 persons, from 75 to 100 years old, with an average of 79 years old, the highest percentage corresponds to women; it was observed a frequency of three daily full meals. Regarding to the evaluation of nutritional stage was found a normality of 61.3%, the 33.3% of malnourished risk, and 5.3% of malnutrition. Like educative instrument, was designed a food guide, with technical knowledge about the feeding and life style, the guide will help to improve and to keep an adequate nutritional stage of Elderly people, with key messages and images, for its easy comprehension; It is recommended that the population should do occupational activities to decrease neuropsychological problems, like memory loss, stress; and to modify their to five nutritionally recommended.