Increases in energy, protein and fat intake following the addition of sauce to an older person's meal

被引:41
作者
Appleton, Katherine M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Psychol, Belfast BT9 5BP, Antrim, North Ireland
关键词
Older people; Food intake; Under-nutrition; Pleasantness; Familiarity; NURSING-HOME RESIDENTS; NUTRITIONAL-STATUS; FOOD-INTAKE; FLAVOR ENHANCEMENT; HUMANS; PEOPLE; SUPPLEMENTATION; PALATABILITY; ANOREXIA; EXPOSURE;
D O I
10.1016/j.appet.2008.09.009
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Energy intake in 15-20% of the UK older population is currently thought to be inadequate for health. Based on the suggestion that increases in food pleasantness and familiarity can increase intake, this study investigated the impact of the addition of sauce to an older person's meal on subsequent intake. Twenty-eight older people consumed two meals with sauce and the same two meals without sauce on different occasions, and amount consumed in terms of weight, energy and energy consumed from carbohydrate, fat and protein were compared. Pre-meal hunger and desire to eat, post-meal pleasantness and familiarity and participants' expectations of the effects of sauces were also measured. Compared to meals without sauce, meals with sauce were found to result in greater intakes of energy, energy consumed from protein and energy consumed from fat (smallest t(27)=2.13, p=0.04). No differences between conditions were found in measures of pre-meal hunger and desire to eat, or post-meal pleasantness and familiarity (largest t(27) = 1.47, p = 0.15). Similar effects were also found when participant expectations were taken into account, and no differences between participants who expected sauces to affect intake vs. those who did not expect sauces to affect intake were found (largest F(1, 26) = 1.70, p=0.20). These findings suggest that the addition of sauce to an older person's meal can result in increases in intake and may be beneficial for preventing or treating under-nutrition in these individuals, although the mechanisms by which sauces can increase intake are unlikely to be related to pleasantness and familiarity. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
引用
收藏
页码:161 / 165
页数:5
相关论文
共 27 条
[1]   Nutritional status of older people in long term care settings: current status and future directions [J].
Cowan, DT ;
Roberts, JD ;
Fitzpatrick, JM ;
While, AE ;
Baldwin, J .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES, 2004, 41 (03) :225-237
[2]   SOCIAL FACILITATION OF THE SPONTANEOUS MEAL SIZE OF HUMANS OCCURS REGARDLESS OF TIME, PLACE, ALCOHOL OR SNACKS [J].
DECASTRO, JM ;
BREWER, EM ;
ELMORE, DK ;
OROZCO, S .
APPETITE, 1990, 15 (02) :89-101
[3]   Socio-cultural determinants of meal size and frequency [J].
DeCastro, JM .
BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, 1997, 77 :S39-S54
[4]   Eating habits and appetite control in the elderly: The anorexia of aging [J].
Donini, LM ;
Savina, C ;
Cannella, C .
INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS, 2003, 15 (01) :73-87
[5]   Taste and appetite regulation in the elderly [J].
Hetherington, MM .
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY, 1998, 57 (04) :625-631
[6]  
HILL AJ, 1995, INT J OBESITY, V19, P361
[7]   Prevalence of risk of undernutrition is associated with poor health status in older people in the UK [J].
Margetts, BM ;
Thompson, RL ;
Elia, M ;
Jackson, AA .
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION, 2003, 57 (01) :69-74
[8]   Flavor enhancement of food improves dietary intake and nutritional status of elderly nursing home residents [J].
Mathey, MFAM ;
Siebelink, E ;
de Graaf, C ;
Van Staveren, WA .
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES, 2001, 56 (04) :M200-M205
[9]   Nutritional supplementation in older adults: Pleasantness, preference and selection of sip-feeds [J].
McAlpine, SJ ;
Harper, J ;
McMurd, MET ;
Bolton-Smith, C ;
Hetherington, MM .
BRITISH JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY, 2003, 8 :57-66
[10]   NUTRITIONAL ISSUES IN NURSING-HOME CARE [J].
MORLEY, JE ;
SILVER, AJ .
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 1995, 123 (11) :850-859