Delayed consumption patterns of home-delivered meals by elderly recipients 75+ years

Hot home-delivered meals (HDMs) containing soup, entrée and dessert are delivered with the intention that they will be consumed immediately. A study of elderly HDM clients, 41 males and 67 females receiving three or five HDMs per week, was carried out to examine the immediate versus delayed consumption of each of the HDMs. 7-day food intake records were used to assess the eating patterns. The meal components as all, part or none were noted as...