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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Serve size and estimated energy and protein contents of meals prepared by 'Meals on Wheels' South Australia Inc.: findings from a meal audit study |
Author: | Arjuna, T. Miller, M. Soenen, S. Chapman, I. Visvanathan, R. Luscombe-Marsh, N. |
Citation: | Foods, 2018; 7(2):1-10 |
Publisher: | MDPI AG |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
ISSN: | 2304-8158 2304-8158 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Tony Arjuna, Michelle Miller, Stijn Soenen, Ian Chapman, Renuka Visvanathan and Natalie D Luscombe-Marsh |
Abstract: | An audit of 'standard' (STD) and 'energy and protein fortified' (HEHP) meals from Meals on Wheels (MOW) South Australia's summer menu was conducted to evaluate the consistency, and serve size and nutrient contents, of their menu items. Twenty soups, 20 mains and 20 desserts from each of the STD and HEHP menus were prepared at the MOW South Australia's kitchen and delivered to three 'sham(dummy)-clients' over a 5-week period. Each meal component was weighed in triplicate, to the nearest gram, the variation within the serve weight was calculated, and the overall energy and protein content of each meal was determined using FoodWorks (Xyris Software, Highgate Hill, Queensland, Australia). On average, the variability for soups and mains was ≤6% and for desserts was ≤10% and although the measured serve sizes of the MOW meals were consistently smaller than prescribed serve size, the differences were minor. As a percentage of recommended daily intakes (RDIs) for adults aged over 60 years, we calculated that the STD meals contained 21-39% for energy and 42-63% for protein while the HEHP meals contained 29-55% for energy and 46-69% for protein. These findings demonstrate that MOW meals currently meet the voluntary meal guidelines for energy and protein. |
Keywords: | Ageing community meal service meals on wheels nutrition |
Rights: | © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
DOI: | 10.3390/foods7020026 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods7020026 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 8 Medicine publications |
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