Abstract
To develop and deliver a comprehensive nutrition program to improve the dietary quality and health of the elderly living in rural areas in South Korea. Compared to the elderly in urban areas, the elderly in rural areas are more vulnerable to inferior diets and loneliness, affected by the lack of public infrastructure, budget constraints, tendency to live alone, lack of health literacy, and geographical distances, etc. Forty different menus and nutrition education materials were developed and implemented, providing two free meals weekly for 10 weeks at 50 villages (delivered to about 1650 elderly). The cooking facilities of the community centers of each village were used. Helpers preparing meals and the elderly people were pre-educated with nutrition materials on the five basic food groups, food hygiene, and dietary treatment for diabetes and hypertension. The evaluation tools were surveys on recipient satisfaction, and diet quality comparison of meals provided versus the previous day's meals measured by the number of food (DVS) and food groups (GMVFD) consumed. The satisfaction score was very high and the diet proved to be enhanced. This program of integrated meal service and nutrition education should be expanded to prevent the rural elderly from under nutrition and loneliness and to improve their health and quality of life.
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