老年人接受平衡膳食营养宣教前后的试验观察

为提高人们对平衡膳食、合理营养与人体健康重要性的认识 ,开展营养宣教 ,以达到自觉地纠正不良饮食习惯、科学调配膳食营养之目的 ,作者在老年人群中选择军队离退休干部 797例进行营养宣教前后的效果观察。结果表明 ,接受营养宣教之后 ,原先存在的膳食结构不合理、营养素过剩与缺乏、脂肪酸构成比不理想以及肥胖、超重等情况均得到较明显的改善。提示经过营养宣教 ,可提高老年人对膳食营养与健康重要性的认识 ,自觉纠正不良膳食习惯 ,起到改善不正常的体重、防治便秘等作用。

THE EFFECTS OF PROPAGANDA AND EDUCATION ON ACCEPTANCE OF BALANCED DIET IN THE ELDERLY

To carry out propaganda and education regarding nutrition in the elderly is to improve their knowledge about balanced diets, appropriate nutrition in relation to health, to rectify their original irrational diet hapbits, and to select scientifically their nutritious diets. 797 retired military cadres were enrolled for the study of the effects of education. The results showed that proper education significantly changed their irrational diet habits, sach as over nutrition and under nutrition, and improper constitution of fatty acid in the food, and obesity and over-weight were corrected after the propaganda and education regarding nutrition were carried out. This study suggested that it was very important to edacate elderly people in regard to proper diet habit to help them give up their bad habits on selecting foods, and to avoid obecity and constipation.