Theme | Diet of dialysis patients -- Making good use of cooking recipes and commercial foods | |
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Title | Dietary survey on the prevalence of eating out and eating ready -- made meals in patients undergoing regular hemodialysis : a multi-center study | |
Publish Date | 2015/12 | |
Author | Akihiko Kato | Division of Blood Purification, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine |
Author | Kashiko Saito | Department of Nutrition, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital |
Author | Kazuko Ichikawa | Department of Nutrition, Kawasaki Medical School Hospital |
Author | Shinichi Nishi | Division of Nephrology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine |
Author | Noritomo Itami | Kidney Center, Nikko Memorial Hospital |
Author | Takashi Harada | Nagasaki Kidney Hospital |
Author | Masashi Suzuki | Kidney Center, Shinrakuen Hospital |
Author | Seiji Ohira | Sapporo Kita Clinic |
[ Summary ] | Recently, the Japanese lifestyle has changed toward more frequent eating out and eating ready-made (precooked) meals in many homes. Many HD patients are elderly, are single, or live alone with their spouse, and the prevalence of eating out and eating ready-made meals remains to be clarified especially among these patients. Thus, we conducted a questionnaire survey on eating out and eating ready-made meals in 217 patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD; age : 64±12 years, male/female : 138/79, time on HD : 10±9 years) in 7 dialysis centers. Of the patients, 41.0 % to 66.4 % ate boxed lunches, side dish, frozen food, and retort food, with side dish being the most frequently consumed (66.4 %). The prevalence of frozen and retort food intake was also higher in HD patients younger than 65 years. No relationship was found between the number of family members and eating ready-made meals. By contrast, the frequency of eating out was low, and only 20.7 % of the patients eat out for lunch. The main meal consisted of bread for breakfast and noodles for lunch. The patients often bought noodles as boxed lunch and/or frozen meal. Meanwhile, dinner consisted of white rice with fish and meat, purchased as ready―made meals such as sashimi, fried fish, and croquette. These findings suggest that about half of the HD patients consumed ready-made meals. However, these meals were not nutritionally balanced and had high dietary sodium content. Thus, dietary intake of ready-made meals and home delivery meals should be controlled, especially in HD patients. |