A Comparison of the food intake of elderly women estimated by the individual inventory and the Ńational Food Śurvey methods

J. V. G. A. Durnin, Elaine C. Blake
1962 British Journal of Nutrition  
I n a previous paper (Durnin, Blake, Brockway & Drury, 1961) we reported the energy expenditure and the intake of calories and of nutrients by seventeen elderly women, aged between 60 and 69 years, living alone. Their mean intake and expenditure of calories were about 1900 kcal/day. Intake of nutrients was assessed by the individual-inventory method, in which the separate items of food are weighed immediately before eating, and any plate wastage remaining after the meal is deducted; the mean
more » ... ult obtained by this method for these elderly women agreed within 5 % with their mean energy expenditure.
doi:10.1079/bjn19620028 pmid:13888686 fatcat:v4djcjqufndy5ovwxrt3nsrhee