Associations among social engagement, meal-related behaviour, satisfaction with food-related life and wellbeing in Danish older adults living alone
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Associations among social engagement, meal-related behaviour, satisfaction with food-related life and wellbeing in Danish older adults living alone. / Faber, Ilona; Bjørner, Thomas; Buch-Andersen, Tine; Perez-Cueto, Federico J.A.
I: Nutrition Bulletin, Bind 47, 2022, s. 346–355.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Associations among social engagement, meal-related behaviour, satisfaction with food-related life and wellbeing in Danish older adults living alone
AU - Faber, Ilona
AU - Bjørner, Thomas
AU - Buch-Andersen, Tine
AU - Perez-Cueto, Federico J.A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Authors. Nutrition Bulletin published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Nutrition Foundation.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The present study aimed at exploring associations among meal-related behaviour, social engagement factors, satisfaction with food-related life (SWFL) to assess food-related wellbeing and subjective wellbeing in Danish older adults living alone. Three hundred and eighty-eight older adults aged 65–75 years from six Danish municipalities completed an online or article-based survey addressing home cooking, commensality, loneliness, SWFL and subjective wellbeing. Home cooking frequency and self-perceived cooking skills were positively associated with SWFL but not with subjective wellbeing. Commensality was positively associated with SWFL but was not associated with subjective wellbeing. The level of loneliness was negatively associated with SWFL and with subjective wellbeing. Satisfaction with food-related life and subjective health status were positively associated with subjective wellbeing. Male and female respondents did not differ in meal-related behaviour, social engagement factors, SWFL and wellbeing. While the cross-sectional nature of this study does not allow for the direction of causality to be determined, these results suggest that older adults living alone could benefit from a higher frequency of home-cooked meals, a higher level of self-perceived cooking skills and commensality to support SWFL. A higher level of SWFL could, in turn, lead to a higher level of wellbeing.
AB - The present study aimed at exploring associations among meal-related behaviour, social engagement factors, satisfaction with food-related life (SWFL) to assess food-related wellbeing and subjective wellbeing in Danish older adults living alone. Three hundred and eighty-eight older adults aged 65–75 years from six Danish municipalities completed an online or article-based survey addressing home cooking, commensality, loneliness, SWFL and subjective wellbeing. Home cooking frequency and self-perceived cooking skills were positively associated with SWFL but not with subjective wellbeing. Commensality was positively associated with SWFL but was not associated with subjective wellbeing. The level of loneliness was negatively associated with SWFL and with subjective wellbeing. Satisfaction with food-related life and subjective health status were positively associated with subjective wellbeing. Male and female respondents did not differ in meal-related behaviour, social engagement factors, SWFL and wellbeing. While the cross-sectional nature of this study does not allow for the direction of causality to be determined, these results suggest that older adults living alone could benefit from a higher frequency of home-cooked meals, a higher level of self-perceived cooking skills and commensality to support SWFL. A higher level of SWFL could, in turn, lead to a higher level of wellbeing.
KW - commensality
KW - cooking
KW - food-related life
KW - loneliness
KW - meals
KW - social engagement
U2 - 10.1111/nbu.12573
DO - 10.1111/nbu.12573
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36045104
AN - SCOPUS:85135524588
VL - 47
SP - 346
EP - 355
JO - Nutrition Bulletin
JF - Nutrition Bulletin
SN - 1471-9827
ER -
ID: 316823898