The research was to assess the nutritional status of the elderly at the National Geriatric Institute by the Cross-sectional descriptive study design. Direct interview was conducted with 200 patients over 60 years old using the pre-designed questionnaire. The nutritional status was assessed by body mass index (BMI) and the risk of abdominal obesity by waist /Hip circumference index. The results showed that the average BMI was 20.96 :t 2.46, in which the average BMI of the male population (21.69 :t 2.03) is higher than the female population (20.59 :t 2.75) with P 0.05. Overweight is accounted for 15 percent and grade I obesity (BMI 25) is 6 percent. The rate with BMI 18.5 is 15 percent, female (23.1 percent) is higher than male (6.2 percent) with p 0.05. The ratio of VBNM average is 0.89 + or - 0.04, The old woman at risk of abdominal obesity was 89.4 percent higher than man at 60.4 percent (p 0.05). This research data is the basis for the development of an appropriate intervention threshold.
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