Dietary Habits and Nutritional Challenges of the Elderly in Ghana

Table 5

Nutritional challenges faced by respondents in meeting their food needs.

Nutritional challenges		Percentage (%)
Medications and polypharmacy	80	25.1
Mental and psychological problems	68	21.3
Technological challenges	64	20.1
Mobility	60	18.8
Other age-related challenges	47	14.7
Total	319	100.0

Respondents were given the opportunity to give multiple responses to challenges.