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List of Contents
Subject Acknowledgement Abstract List of contents List of tables List of figures List of appendices List of abbreviations Chapter One: Introduction 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Importance of the study 1.3. Problem statement 1.4. Objectives of the study 1.5. Definition of the terms Chapter Two: Review of Literatures 2.1Nutrition and elderly population: 2.2 Nutrition Assessment Methods 2.2.1. Anthropometric measurements 2.2.1a Body mass index (BMI) 2.2.1 b Skin fold thicknesses 2.2.1 .c Circumference Measurements 2.2.2. Biochemical test 2.2.3 Clinical observations 2.2.4. Dietary intake 2.2.4.b Twenty- four hour Diet recall 2.2.c.food record 2.2.d. food frequency Questionnaire Chapter Three: Methodology 3.1. Design of the study 3.2. Administrative arrangements 3.3. Setting of the study 3.4. The sample of the study 3.5. The study instrument 3.6.1 Validity of the study 3.6.2 Pilot study 3.6.3 Reliability 3.7. Method of data Collection 3.8. Statistical data analysis Page No. I II-III IV-VI VII VIII VIII IX-XI 1-10 2-5 6-9 9 9 9-10 11-26 11-16 17-21 21-22 22-23 23 23-24 24-25 25 25 25 26 26 27-34 27 27 27 27 28 30-31 83-84 84-85 85-87 87

V 3.8.a. Descriptive statistics 3.8.b. Inferential statistics Chapter Four: Results and Findings Chapter Five: Discussion of the study Results Part : Discussion of the old age demographic Characteristics Part : correlations between assessment and demographic characteristics Chapter Six: Conclusions and Recommendations 6.1. Conclusions 6.2. Recommendations References 87 87-88 35-56 57-62 57-60 60-62 124-128 63-64 63 64 65-72