Ready-meal consumption in older people: association with obesity and dietary intake

Soriano G, De Barreto PS, Rolland Y, Plessz M, Goisser S, Guyonnet S, Fougère B, Vellas B, Andrieu S, Sourdet S (2019)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2019

Journal

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research Editrice Kurtis

Book Volume: 31

Pages Range: 855-861

Journal Issue: 6

DOI: 10.1007/s40520-018-1043-5

Abstract

Objective: To investigate ready-meal consumption trends in older French people, its association with overall diet quality and obesity. Design: Cross-sectional analysis Setting: Multidomain Alzheimer Preventive Trial (MAPT), France Subjects: 421 MAPT participants (mean age 76.8 years) who filled a food frequency questionnaire. Results: The frequency of ready-meal consumption was low, with nearly 90% of participants declaring consuming ≤ 1 ready-meal per week. Compared to non- and low-consumers (≤ 1 ready-meal/week), regular consumers (≥ 2 ready-meals/week) were older (p < 0.01), more often frail and pre-frail (p 0.04), with impaired cognition (p = 0.02) and functional status (p = 0.02), with more depressive symptoms (p = 0.03) and more difficulties with preparing meals (p = 0.01). Results from multivariate analyses showed that regular ready-meal consumption was not associated with obesity (p = 0.26) and diet quality (p = 0.37). Conclusions: In our sample, few older people declared consumption of 2 or more ready-meals per week, this consumption was not associated with a higher prevalence of obesity or a lower diet quality, despite the fact that these subject were older, with a lower physical and cognitive status. These findings suggest that, for these people with difficulties in meal preparation, convenience foods consumed occasionally could help to maintain diet quality and weight status.

Authors with CRIS profile

Sabine Goisser Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin (Geriatrie)

Involved external institutions

Alimentation et Sciences Sociales (ALiSS) FR France (FR) Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier FR France (FR)

How to cite

APA:

Soriano, G., De Barreto, P.S., Rolland, Y., Plessz, M., Goisser, S., Guyonnet, S.,... Sourdet, S. (2019). Ready-meal consumption in older people: association with obesity and dietary intake. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 31(6), 855-861. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40520-018-1043-5

MLA:

Soriano, Gaëlle, et al. "Ready-meal consumption in older people: association with obesity and dietary intake." Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 31.6 (2019): 855-861.

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