@article{4d1900b93a96417290aa47b498d5723f,
title = "You are what you eat",
abstract = "This essay explores the association between nutritional problems and political orientations and behavior among the elderly. A rural sample of 358 older Americans provides the data base. Results indicate that as nutritional problems increase, political interest, efficacy, and participation decrease. Also, nutritional problems seem to go along with less positive evaluations of the existing order.",
author = "Peterson, {Steven A.}",
note = "Funding Information: These observations - if true - may carry considerable political significance. This essay examines one very specific political consequence - the impact of nutritional problems on the political orienta- Steven A. Peterson is affiliated with the Division of Social Sciences, Alfred University, Alfred, NY 14802. The author would like to thank the Allegany County Office for the Aging, the Alfred University Summer Grant program, and the Alfred University Liberal Arts and Sciences Scholarly Activities Fund for making this research possible. He also acknowledges Robert Maiden, co-investigator on this research project.",
year = "1990",
month = apr,
day = "30",
doi = "10.1300/J052v09n02_06",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "9",
pages = "51--66",
journal = "Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly",
issn = "0163-9366",
publisher = "Haworth Press Inc.",
number = "2",
}