RESUMEN Objetivo: Determinar el estado nutricional y su relación con algunas características sociodemográficas de adultos mayores activos de la ciudad de Chillán, Chile. Método: Estudio cuantitativo ...de corte transversal en 118 adultos mayores. Se aplicó un cuestionario para obtener los datos sociodemográficos. El estado nutricional se evaluó mediante antropometría. La actividad física según los criterios propuestos por la OPS-OMS y el nivel socioeconómico mediante los quintiles de ingreso per cápita para la población chilena. Los datos se analizaron con estadística descriptiva univariada, bivariada y multivariada. Se usó la prueba Ji-Cuadrada y análisis de correspondencia múltiple. Resultados: El estado nutricional normal fue predominante en más del 50 % de los adultos mayores y se relacionó con ser profesional, tener estudios superiores y pertenecer al quintil V de ingreso. La obesidad se vinculó con ser hombre, tener pareja y hacer actividad física vigorosa. Las mujeres no tuvieron asociación con ninguna categoría de estado nutricional, pero sí con los niveles de actividad física ligera y sedentaria, además de pertenecer al quintil IV y no tener pareja. El sobrepeso se relacionó con el nivel de escolaridad media y el quintil III y las personas de nivel básico con el quintil II y con no ser profesional (p<0,001). El estado nutricional normal. Conclusiones: La alta calidad de vida, dada por el alto nivel de escolaridad y la capacidad económica permite tener mayor conocimiento para seleccionar y adquirir alimentos saludables, lo que se refleja en el estado nutricional normal predominante en el grupo. estudiado.
Rice wine lees (RWL), a Japanese traditional fermented product, is a rich source of one-carbon metabolism-related nutrients, which may have beneficial effects on cognitive function.
We aimed to ...examine the effect of the RWL on cognitive function in community-dwelling physically active older adults.
Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study (clinical trial number: UMIN 000027158).
Community-based intervention including assessments conducted at the University of Hyogo and a public liberal arts school in Himeji City, Japan.
A total of 35 community-dwelling older adults (68-80 years) who performed mild exercise before and during the trial were assigned to either the RWL (n=17) or the placebo group (n=18).
Daily consumption of 50 g RWL powder, which contained one-carbon metabolism-related nutrients, or the placebo powder (made from soy protein and dextrin) for 12 weeks. Both supplements included equivalent amounts of energy and protein.
Montreal Cognitive Assessment, computerized cognitive function test, and measurements of serum predictive biomarkers (transthyretin, apolipoprotein A1, and complement C3) were conducted at baseline and follow-up.
Visual selective attention and serum transthyretin significantly improved in the RWL group, whereas there was no significant change in the placebo group. No significant group difference was observed in the remaining cognitive performance tests.
RWL supplements seem to have a few effects on cognitive function in community-dwelling physically active older adults. However, the impact was limited; therefore, further studies with sufficient sample size are warranted to elucidate this issue.
Depressive disorders are mental disorders that last over time, and seriously affect the lives of the people who suffer from them, diminishing their quality of life, reducing their motor capacity, and ...incapacitating them in their daily lives. It is a major problem worldwide.
To study the association between agility, health-related quality of life (hrqol), anthropometric status, and depression status in older adult women with depression.
Data collected from 685 physically active older women with depression were analyzed.
A moderate inverse correlation (r = -0.34) is shown between Time Up & Go (TUG) and EuroQol Five-Dimensional Three-Level Version (EQ-5D-3L). Between TUG and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), there is a small direct correlation (r = 0.14) between them. Between TUG and anthropometric data, all observed correlations are significant.
There is a significant association between agility, health-related quality of life, depression, and anthropometric data in physically active older women with depression.
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