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Alone at the Table: Food Behavior and the Loss of Commensality in Widowhood

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  • Elisabeth Vesnaver
  • Heather H. Keller
  • Olga Sutherland
  • Scott B. Maitland
  • Julie L. Locher

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Objectives. Eating alone is a known risk factor for nutritional vulnerability in later life. Widowhood often entails loss of commensality (shared meals). This article explores this experience among older widowed women in relation to food behavior.

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  • Elisabeth Vesnaver & Heather H. Keller & Olga Sutherland & Scott B. Maitland & Julie L. Locher, 2016. "Alone at the Table: Food Behavior and the Loss of Commensality in Widowhood," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 71(6), pages 1059-1069.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:71:y:2016:i:6:p:1059-1069.
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    1. Henrik Scander & Agneta Yngve & Maria Lennernäs Wiklund, 2021. "Assessing Commensality in Research," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(5), pages 1-22, March.
    2. Takashi Miyano & Ryosuke Kaneko & Toshihide Kimura & Misa Maruoka & Akihiro Kishimura & Koichiro Kato & Michiko Furuta & Yoshihisa Yamashita, 2022. "Dietary Problems Are Associated with Frailty Status in Older People with Fewer Teeth in Japan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(23), pages 1-10, December.
    3. Amanda Björnwall & Ylva Mattsson Sydner & Afsaneh Koochek & Nicklas Neuman, 2021. "Eating Alone or Together among Community-Living Older People—A Scoping Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(7), pages 1-42, March.
    4. Henrik Scander & Maria Lennernäs Wiklund & Agneta Yngve, 2021. "Assessing Time of Eating in Commensality Research," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(6), pages 1-13, March.
    5. Agneta Yngve & Nicklas Neuman & Irja Haapala & Henrik Scander, 2021. "The Project Collection Food, Nutrition and Health, with a Focus on Eating Together," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-4, February.
    6. Liisa Peura-Kapanen & Piia Jallinoja & Minna Kaarakainen, 2017. "Acceptability of Convenience Food Among Older People," SAGE Open, , vol. 7(1), pages 21582440176, March.
    7. Lin, Xirong, 2023. "Food demand and cash transfers: A collective household approach with Homescan data," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 212(C), pages 233-259.

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