%0 Journal Article
%T Aspectos socioculturales y t¨¦cnico-nutricionales en la alimentaci¨®n de un grupo de adultos mayores del centro gerontol¨®gico Colonia de Belencito de Medell¨ªn-Colombia
%A Franco Giraldo
%A Fabio Andr¨¦s
%A Arboleda Montoya
%A Luz Marina
%J Perspectivas en Nutrici¨®n Humana
%D 2010
%I Universidad de Antioquia
%X objective: the main purpose of this research was to determine social and cultural characteristics influencing alimentary and nutritional aspects of elderly people, living in a center care called colonia de belencito medellin. methods: this is a qualitative study that including different techniques to collect data like direct observational process, semi structured surveys and focus groups method. results: the main results showed in this study was that elderly concept and socio-cultural characteristics influencing nutrition behaviors in this population, don't fit with the proposed model for an active and healthy elderly process; the specific techniques to design menus for this specific group of population are submitted to a classical medical nutrition model: elderly people affirmed that they prefer traditional food, because of it is a socializing process that establish cultural identity of alimentary meaning.
%K feeding behavior
%K traditional food
%K food services
%K homes for the aged
%K nutrition programs and policies
%K collective feeding
%K aged.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0124-41082010000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en