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In the article the questions of eating attitudes of people in advanced age are considered. Inspection of 54 people of St. Petersburg in the age from 65 to 84 included questioning (biological, social and questions of eating contents), estimation of eating attitude (the eating attitude test EAT-26, the Dutch eating behaviour questionnaire) and psychological testing (techniques of an estimation of complaints, attitudes, levels of anxiousness, depression, astenia, aggression and quality of life). Symptoms of eating disorders with restrictive and emotional tendencies were registered in 14,8% of people of advanced age. Communications of eating attitude with social factors, eating preferences, application of a diet, a degree of a dissatisfaction of body weight, arterial blood pressure and psychological parameters have been revealed. |
