Aspectos socioculturales y técnico-nutricionales en la alimentación de un grupo de adultos mayores del centro gerontológico Colonia de Belencito de Medellín-Colombia

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.