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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Elder. 2010 Apr;29(2):211–226. doi: 10.1080/01639361003772525

Table 2. Frequency of Recipients' Eating Behavior with Regard to Receipt of Hot Meals (n = 1218) or Not (n = 287).

Eat meal in one sitting (%) Put food in refrigerator (%) Put food on counter (%) Give meal away (%)




Total Hot meals No hot meals Total Hot meals No hot meals Total Hot meals No hot meals Total Hot meals No hot meals
Every day 60.6 60.6 61.2 33.7 33.1 39.9 18.5 19.3 10.7 1.8 1.9 0.7
4–6 Times/week 14.3 14.6 12.1 6.3 6.4 4.9 5.2 5.3 4.1 0.6 0.6 0.3
2–3 Times/week 14.6 14.9 12.5 24.9 24.6 27.7 15.0 15.0 15.6 4.0 4.0 4.6
Once/week 3.3 3.3 3.5 13.5 14.2 7.3 12.6 13.0 8.2 13.9 13.6 16.8
Never 7.0 6.7 10.6 21.5 21.7 20.3 48.8 47.5 61.4 79.9 79.9 77.6