Dietary practice and associated factors among elderly people in Northwest Ethiopia, 2022: Community based mixed design.
Mulat Tirfie BayihAdane Ambaye KassaYeshalem Mulugeta DemilewPublished in: PloS one (2024)
The prevalence of adequate dietary practice was low. It was significantly associated with age, with whom feeding, and household food security status. Taboos and cultural beliefs, barriers, and experiences hampered the dietary practices of elders. Therefore, improving the dietary practices of elders focusing on advanced age, loneliness, food security, taboos, cultural beliefs, barriers, and experiences regarding dietary practices should be done.