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NUTRIELDERLY: Diet of Elderly People

Description

A sample of 226 elderly people living in Bordeaux (Gironde, South-West France) were interviewed in 2000 for a nutritional study.

Usage

data(NUTRIELDERLY)

Format

A data frame with 226 observations measured on the 13 following variables:

gender

2 = female; 1 = male

situation

1 = single; 2 = living with spouse; 3 = living with family; 4 = living with someone else; Family status.

tea

Number of cups. Daily consumption of tea.

coffee

Number of cups. Daily consumption of coffee

height

Height in cm.

weight

Weight in cm.

age

Age in years at date of interview.

meat

0 = never; 1 = less than once a week; 2 = Once a week; 3 = 2/3 times a week; 4 = 4/6 times a week; 5 = every day. Consumption of meat.

fish

Idem. Consumption of fish.

raw_fruits

Idem. Consumption of raw fruits.

cooked_fruits_veg

Idem. Consumption of cooked fruits and vegetables.

chocol

Idem. Consumption of chocolate.

fat

1 = butter; 2 = margarine; 3 = peanut oil; 4 = sunflower oil; 5 = olive oil; 6 = mix of vegetable oils (e.g., Isio4); 7 = colza oil; 8 = duck or goose fat. Type of fat used for cooking.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
data(NUTRIELDERLY)
str(NUTRIELDERLY) 
# }