Variables related to nutritional habits in the elderly

Achieving an adequate nutritional status in the elderly is a primary objective in the socio-health care of this population Objective: to determine the relationship of nutritional habits with demographic, biomedical, psychosocial and lifestyle variables in the elderly of the 17th Medical Clinic of the Gilberto Marquetti Polyclinic of Candelaria from January 2021 to January 2023. Methodology: a correlational analytical study was carried out. The universe consisted of all the elderly (198), a sample of 130 elderly who met the inclusion criteria was selected by the simple random method. The information used was collected through the application of a questionnaire, and the data obtained were used to search for associations between variables according to the objectives.