Nutritional status of men attending a soup kitchen: A pilot study

G.T. Laven and K.C. Brown

American Journal of Public Health, 1985, vol. 75, issue 8, 875-878

Abstract: Nutritional status and socioeconomic characteristics of 49 men attending a soup kitchen in a residential neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama were determined by interview, anthropometry and laboratory assays. Laboratory or anthropometric evidence of nutrient deficiency was present in 94% of the subjects. Deficiency of ascorbate (63%), folate (35%), and thiamin (29%) was higher in these men than in either patients or presumably healthy adults. Since soup kitchen meals provided insufficient vitamin C and folate, additional sources of these nutrients should be provided.

Date: 1985
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