Characterizing Canadian long-term care home consumed foods and their inflammatory potential: a secondary analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nutrient dense food that supports health is a goal of food service in long-term care (LTC). The objective of this work was to characterize the "healthfulness" of foods in Canadian LTC and inflammatory potential of the LTC diet and how this varied by key covariates. Here, we define foods to have higher "healthfulness" if the are in accordance with the evidence-based 2019 Canada's Food Guide, or with comparatively lower inflammatory potential.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of the Making the Most of Mealtimes dataset (32 LTC homes; four provinces). A novel computational algorithm categorized food items from 3-day weighed food records into 68 expert-informed categories and Canada's Food Guide (CFG) food groups. The dietary inflammatory potential of these f

SUBMITTER: Pfisterer KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9903425 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature