Socio-economic circumstances and food habits in Eastern, Central and Western European populations

Public Health Nutrition

Eero Lahelma¹  Sofia Malyutina¹  Tea Lallukka¹  Aleksandra Gillis-Januszewska¹  Ruzena Kubinova¹  Sinéad Boylan¹  Anne Peasey¹  Hynek Pikhart¹  Oksana Bragina¹  Galina Simonova¹  Andrzej Pajak¹  Martin Bobak¹  Urszula Stepaniak¹ 

关键词: Nutrition;    Diet;    Socio-economic;    Eastern Europe;    International;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980010002570

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveTo assess the relationship between several socio-economic indicators and frequency of consumption of seven predefined healthy foods (consumption of fruit, vegetables, wholegrain bread, vegetable-fat spread, vegetable cooking fat, low-fat milk and low-fat cheese) in populations from Eastern, Central and Western Europe.DesignAnalysis of baseline data collected in two cross-sectional cohort studies between 2000 and 2005: the Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe (HAPIEE) study and the Finnish Helsinki Health Study (HHS).SettingUrban populations in the Czech Republic, Russia, Poland and Finland.SubjectsIn the HAPIEE study, random samples of men and women aged 45–69 years were drawn from population registers and electoral lists of selected cities. In the HHS, men and women aged 40–60 years employed by the City of Helsinki were recruited. Data on 21 326 working subjects from both cohorts were analysed.ResultsHealthy food habits were, in general, positively associated with higher education, occupational position and fewer economic difficulties, but there were differences in the strength of the gradient by food and country. Fruit consumption showed the most consistent gradients, especially in relation to socio-economic status among men (country-specific relative index of inequality (RII) = 2·02–5·17) and women (RII = 2·09–3·57).ConclusionsThe associations between socio-economic indicators and healthy food habits showed heterogeneity between countries. Future studies of dietary behaviours should consider multiple measures of socio-economic position.

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