TY - JOUR ID - 45828 TI - Correlation between Appetite Disorders, Nutritional Status and Smoking Habits in Elderly JO - International Journal of Nutrition Sciences JA - IJNS LA - en SN - 2538-1873 AU - David Royyifi Arifin, Ahmad AU - Suradi, Suradi AU - Hanim, Diffah AD - Postgraduate Student of Nutrition Science, Sebelas Maret University, Ir Sutami Street No 36A Kentingan, Jebres, Surakarta 57126, Indonesia AD - Departement of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Sebelas Maret University, Ir Surami Street No 36A Kentingan, Jebres, Surakarta 57126, Indonesia Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 4 IS - 4 SP - 192 EP - 196 KW - Appetite KW - Nutrition KW - Smoking KW - Elderly DO - 10.30476/ijns.2019.83495.1036 N2 - Introduction: Health is an aspect that needs attention in the elderly. So many factors can affect to health of the elderly, one of them is lifestyle. Poor lifestyles such as smoking can increase a person's risk of disease. Smoking has a large impact on the elderly like reducing appetite and further inmpact is weight loss. This can result in the occurrence of underweight in the elderly. The aims of the study to analyze the correlation between decreased appetite, nutritional status with smoking habits in elderly. Methods and Materials: This was a cross-sectional study involving 182 elderly. Decreased appetite was obtained interview using the Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ) questionnaire. Nutritional status was obtained based on anthropometric measurements of body weight and height calculated using the formula Body Mass Index (BMI), and smoking habits obtained from interviews using a research questionnaire. The data uses obtained were analyzed using the Spearman test with a p-value UR - https://ijns.sums.ac.ir/article_45828.html L1 - https://ijns.sums.ac.ir/article_45828_9d04f9dd991eaac106fdedf269e68886.pdf ER -