Nutritional status assessment of benefit people of consumption of an enriched milk drink

Abstract

Assessing the nutritional status of a group of women over 50 years, attending in the Life Center Las Nieves in order to identify the characteristics of the population before undergoing controlled consumption of fortified milk drink calcium. In order to get the target it was made a description of the social, nutritional and contextual factors of 84 women beneficiaries of the center, then an anthropometrics evaluation was made to each woman to make a diagnosis nutritional; to select the sample inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied and a bone density scan was made to identify the levels of calcium for women, based on the above, it were selected two groups : one the control group and one with treatment; finally were determined the values of intake of the nutrients, calcium and vitamin D, basic components of milk drink that would be supplied to the treatment group. As result it was obtained a recommendation for daily energy study population of 2000 kcal, Protein 55 g, 55.5 g fat, carbohydrate 320 g, Calcium 1500 mg of Vitamin D from 50 to 2000 IU. It was concluded that the energy and nutrient recommendations obtained are adjusted to the characteristics of the population attending at the Nieve Life Center.