The struggle to eat well : Report of the concurrent disorder nutrition project steering committee, March 21, 2006

Rather, the research on nutrition in this area focuses on the question of the nutritional intake and nutritional status of the homeless and of those using services aimed at the homeless and marginally housed. [...] Researchers have attempted, in numerous studies over a period of years, to determine whether the homeless have adequate dietary intake, as well as the degree of possible malnutrition faced.1,5,8,15,16,20,22,23,38,40,42,48,49,51 In light of this and in order to get at the question of the nutritional needs of those with concurrent disorders, then, we will need to take a slightly roundabout route. [...] NUTRITION AMONG THE HOMELESS AND MARGINALLY HOUSED As indicated above, there is a substantial body of research on the adequacy of the nutritional food available, to those using the services that are aimed at the homeless. [...] Report of the Concurrent Disorder Nutrition Project Steering Committee – March 21, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD INTAKE In examining the nutritional adequacy of the food consumed by the homeless and marginally housed, researchers generally depend on the recall of the research subjects,1,20, [...] Where the results are absolutely clear, is in the study of the overall quality of the diets of the homeless:.