Influence of Diet Quality on Biopsychosocial Risk Factors in the Elders: A Cross-Sectional Study from Ecuador

This research was a non-experimental retrospective cross-sectional study, where the existing influence between the quality of the diet and the biopsychosocial risk factors of adults were determined. Investigation was carried out with a population sample of 696 older adults, with an age older than 60 years. The statistical analysis of the data was carried out considering the following variables: intake of all food groups, general diagnosis of the quality of the diet, economic and social support (are the variables used in the biopsychosocial factors), dependence of the older adults and the presence of diseases. Results showed that there was an influence between the presence of diseases and the diet quality of older adults. Therefore, as there is a greater presence of diseases in the elderly, attributed to changes in their diet quality.