Investigation of nutrition education for health, and the protection of senile dementia of elderly of local community

在本研究中，我们对当地社区的老年人进行了调查，以改善他们的健康状况，预防老年痴呆。为此，我们考虑了对当地社区老年人进行营养教育的方法。(1)调查不同情况下老年人的营养状况。因此，生命和营养的状况在很大程度上取决于环境因素。(2)探讨老年人持续营养教育的效果。营养教育后热量和蛋白质摄入量明显增加，提示相关营养教育改善了老年人的营养状况。参加营养教育课堂的受试者多次进行卡纳拾起测验，提示经常外出可以预防老年性痴呆。(3)运用行为科学理论对独立老人进行营养教育，发现营养教育的效果。给予足够的营养教育后，受试者的食物摄入状况和行为水平均有改善。对于通过卡纳拾取测试的被试，营养教育提高了他们的行为水平，说明以行为科学理论为基础的营养教育改善了独立老年人的营养状况。此外，他们还建议积极开展营养教育课堂活动，预防老年痴呆症。

In this research we investigated the elderlies of local community to improve their health and to prevent senile dementia. For that purpose, we considered the method of nutrition education for elderlies of local community.The detail of this research is as follows. (1) We investigated nutritional status of elderlies in different circumstances. As a result, the status of life and nutrition much depends on circumstance factor. (2) We studied the effect of continuous nutrition education for elderlies. The intake of calorie and protein significantly increased after nutrition education, which suggested that relevant nutrition education improved the nutritional status of elderlies. The subjects participating in the classroom of nutrition education many times progressed kana pick-up test, which suggested that often outgoing prevents senile dementia. (3) We found the effect of nutrition education for independent elderlies on the basis of the theory of behavioral science. For the subjects given sufficient nutrition education, the status of food intake and the level of behavior were improved. For the subjects who passed kana pick-up test, nutrition education improved the level of behavior.These results suggests that nutrition education on the basis of the theory of behavioral science improves the nutritional status of independent elderlies. Furthermore, they also suggested that active outgoing for the classroom of nutrition education prevents senile dementia.