Aspects Influencing Food Intake and Approaches towards Personalising Nutrition in the Elderly

• DOI: 10.1007/s12062-019-09259-1
• Publication Date: 2020-01-07T14:47:38Z
• Authors: Alexandru Rusu; Mirana Randriambe...; Caroline Perrin; Carlijn Valk; Berta Álvarez; Ann-Kristin Schwarze
• Keywords: Mastication; Elderly people

Abstract Healthy diets have been demonstrated to complement benefits of physical activity, condition and mental wellbeing, all them being important factors influencing the quality life elderly. Unfortunately malnutrition is a serious threat an increasingly prevalent among fast-growing elderly population. The present work addresses identification contributing decreased appetite food intake as well development approaches towards healthy diet personalised nutrition in Within study semi-structured interviews with suffering from swallowing mastication difficulties performed, results used for provision modules corresponding recipes addressing nutritional requirements social context influence eating behaviour motivation eat. On other hand, it was found that texture modified foods (food which adapted need people problems) could act motivational aspect. With regard personalisation consideration three different case scenarios based on individual independency degree oral impairment seemed be appropriate. Different aspects such gender weight, activity level high protein demand are influential In addition above, conversational agent developed change module can successfully smart personal assistant helping users understand their habits adopt healthier over long term.