Evaluación dietética de los adultos mayores de 65 a 83 años del Centro Gerontológico del Buen Vivir del cantón Babahoyo

Abstract

The present research seeks to demonstrate the importance of the nutritional aspect and its guidelines as a need and right of the elderly within the health programs that favor them in Geriatric centers or other institutions, not only with the evaluation and monitoring of their nutritional status, but also also with other aspects directly involved with the dietary habits of each individual and the consumption of food offered at the Gerontological Center of the Babahoyo canton, in order to guarantee a more dignified old age in the elderly there, and serve as a precedent for other health care institutions. The same characteristics.

In this research project, the methodology that was carried out is exploratory and descriptive.

According to the results obtained and presented in the data analysis, it was possible to identify that the majority of the people surveyed have deficiencies in their nutritional status. Furthermore, despite this, according to the data obtained, these conditions have not been corrected. So, they do not use any tools to try to improve the healthy lives of these people.