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Group-based nutrition interventions to promote healthy eating and mobility in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review.


ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify the efficacy of group-based nutrition interventions to increase healthy eating, reduce nutrition risk, improve nutritional status and improve physical mobility among community-dwelling older adults.

Design

Systematic review. Electronic databases MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycINFO and Sociological Abstracts were searched on July 15, 2020 for studies published in English since January 2010. Study selection, critical appraisal (using the Joanna Briggs Institute's tools) and data extraction were performed in duplicate by two independent reviewers.

Setting

Nutrition interventions delivered to groups in community-based settings were eligible. Studies delivered in acute or long-term care settings were excluded.

Participants

Community-dwelling older adults aged 55+ years. Studies targeting specific disease populations or promoting weight loss were excluded.

Results

Thirty-one experimental and quasi-experimental studies with generally unclear to high risk of bias were included. Interventions included nutrition education with behaviour change techniques (BCT) (e.g. goal setting, interactive cooking demonstrations) (n 21), didactic nutrition education (n 4), interactive nutrition education (n 2), food access (n 2) and nutrition education with BCT and food access (n 2). Group-based nutrition education with BCT demonstrated the most promise in improving food and fluid intake, nutritional status and healthy eating knowledge compared with baseline or control. The impact on mobility outcomes was unclear.

Conclusions

Group-based nutrition education with BCT demonstrated the most promise for improving healthy eating among community-dwelling older adults. Our findings should be interpreted with caution related to generally low certainty, unclear to high risk of bias and high heterogeneity across interventions and outcomes. Higher quality research in group-based nutrition education for older adults is needed.

SUBMITTER: Teggart K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991860 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Group-based nutrition interventions to promote healthy eating and mobility in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review.

Teggart Kylie K   Ganann Rebecca R   Sihota Davneet D   Moore Caroline C   Keller Heather H   Senson Christine C   Phillips Stuart M SM   Neil-Sztramko Sarah E SE  

Public health nutrition 20220516


<h4>Objective</h4>To identify the efficacy of group-based nutrition interventions to increase healthy eating, reduce nutrition risk, improve nutritional status and improve physical mobility among community-dwelling older adults.<h4>Design</h4>Systematic review. Electronic databases MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycINFO and Sociological Abstracts were searched on July 15, 2020 for studies published in English since January 2010. Study selection, critical appraisal (using the Joanna Briggs Institute's  ...[more]

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