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Aging: The Last And Greatest Challenge, Bernard L. Strehler Mar 1968

Aging: The Last And Greatest Challenge, Bernard L. Strehler

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

The Edsel B. Ford Memorial Lectures, which are sponsored jointly by the Edsel B. Ford Institute for Medical Research and the Henry Ford Hospital, have been held annually since 1952. The following is an adaptation of Dr. Strehler's lecture before staff doctors and guests, including pathologists, physiologists, biochemists, physicists, biologists and clinicians from Michigan and Ontario.


A Comparative Study Of The 5- And 3-Meal Plans In Six Convalescent Hospitals In San Bernardino County, Donna J. Meek Jun 1966

A Comparative Study Of The 5- And 3-Meal Plans In Six Convalescent Hospitals In San Bernardino County, Donna J. Meek

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A study comparing the 3- and 5-meal plans of food service, as used in long-stay geriatric units in San Bernardino County, have been compared. Three homes utilizing the 5-meal plan and three utilizing the 3-meal plan, to serve as controls, were chosen. A random sample of ten patients from each home was observed for three days to find the daily average nutrients in the foods served, eaten, and wasted. Also, interviews to compare factual information and attitudes were utilized for sample patients and personnel. The nutritional data was analyzed on the computer.

The results indicated that those on the 5-meal …