The purpose of the master's thesis was to determine macronutrient and energy consistency of full-day meals of residents in the Elderly nursing home Ljubljana – Šiška with the recommendations. We determined body mass index of the participants included in the research (28,1 ± 5,0) and measured waist circumference (female: 95.4 ± 11.6 cm; male: 89.8 ± 6.2 cm). By weighing the offered meals and later leftovers, we determined the actual amount of consumed food and determined the energy and macronutrients content of the whole day's meals, using the Open Platform for Clinical Nutrition (OPKP). The results obtained with the OPKP were compared with the results of chemical analysis of whole-day’s offered meals, as well as recommendations. Based on the overall median values, the majority of participants included in the research met the recommended daily energy intake determined by gender, age and estimated physical activity level with their full-day meals (first week: 7545 ± 860 kJ; second: 7133 ± 1049 kJ). It has to be stressed, however, that the exact accordance with the existing criteria for each participant should be based on individual, not mean data. We found a low physical activity level in most of the participants included in the research. We have come to the conclusion that the energy content of carbohydrates in full-day meals was too low (first week: 44.5 ± 3.7 %; second: 47.5 ± 7.2 %). On the contrary, the energy content of fats was too high (first week: 39.3 ± 4.6 %; second: 35.5 ± 6.2 %). Protein energy has been shown to be in line with the recommendations (first week: 16.3 ± 2.6 %; second: 17.0 ± 2.8 %), as the protein intake (first week: 71 ± 10 g; second: 71 ± 13 g) met recommended daily intake for the majority of the participants according to their body weight. The lunches and dinners offered were assessed by both the residents and expert panel. Both have given high average marks for meals between which there were no statistically significant differences at p ⡤ 0.05.
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