Department of Food, Nutrition and Dietetics, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Appetite. 2010 Dec;55(3):616-22. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2010.09.015. Epub 2010 Sep 24.
The aim of the present study is to explore how older people reflect on, make sense of and express their views about healthy eating messages and how they narrate these responses in relation to managing their diets along with strategies adopted in terms of existing food and meal patterns. This qualitative study draws on data from 564 in depth interviews collected as part of the European Union (EU)-funded project Food in Later life - Choosing foods, eating meals: sustaining independency and quality of life in old age. The two major areas studied related to the connection between food and health and management of a healthy everyday life. Eating healthy was regarded as an investment to ensure independence was kept as the transition of old age approached, but old age could also be a reason for not bothering about it. Participants described different ways that they simplified and organized in order to manage "healthy eating". When trying to support senior Europeans, those working in health and community services should take into account the situational context of the older person and be aware of the variation in their conceptualization of "healthy eating".
本研究旨在探讨老年人如何反思、理解和表达他们对健康饮食信息的看法，以及他们如何将这些反应与管理饮食以及采用现有食物和膳食模式的策略联系起来进行叙述。这项定性研究的数据来源于 564 次深度访谈，这些访谈是作为欧盟（EU）资助的项目“老年人的食物——选择食物、用餐：在老年时维持独立性和生活质量”的一部分收集的。两个主要的研究领域涉及到食物与健康之间的联系以及健康日常生活的管理。健康饮食被视为一种投资，以确保随着老年的临近，独立性得以保持，但老年也可能是不关注健康饮食的一个原因。参与者描述了他们为了管理“健康饮食”而简化和组织的不同方式。当试图支持欧洲老年人时，从事健康和社区服务工作的人员应该考虑到老年人的情境背景，并意识到他们对“健康饮食”的概念化存在差异。
