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Presents the results of a selfcompleted questionnaire aimed atdetermining the dietary patterns of all meals on wheels MOW forelderly recipients in Leicester which was distributed to 1,500 people inNovember 1990. A response rate of 75 per cent was achieved 32.8 percent male and 67.2 per cent female, the greatest proportion being inthe 8089 age range, with 91.1 per cent of the total number ofrecipients receiving four or five meals per week from the MOW service.Seventyfour per cent of all recipients reported consuming other mealsor snacks in addition to their MOW. The remaining 26 per cent failed toreport eating anything else but their MOW. Of the total who reportedeating other meals or snacks, 73.9 per cent reported they had breakfast,12.8 per cent a midmorning snack, 23.4 per cent a midafternoon snack,58.8 per cent an evening mealsnack and 26 per cent supper. Presents afurther breakdown of the main food patterns on each of these eatingoccasions, the major foods being convenience bread, biscuits, cake etcwith little evidence of hot meal preparation.
British Food Journal – Emerald Publishing
Published: Feb 1, 1993
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