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

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 678-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sinéad Boylan ◽  
Tea Lallukka ◽  
Eero Lahelma ◽  
Hynek Pikhart ◽  
Sofia Malyutina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Habits ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Economic Indicators ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Low Fat ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Occupational Position ◽  
Relative Index

AbstractObjectiveTo 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.

scholarly journals School and workplace meals promote healthy food habits

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (6A) ◽  
pp. 987-992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanna Raulio ◽  
Eva Roos ◽  
Ritva Prättälä
Keyword(s):  
Food Habits ◽  
School Health ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Population Surveys ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Nationally Representative

AbstractObjectiveThe present study is to describe, on the basis of recent Finnish population surveys, (i) the frequencies of school and worksite canteen use, (ii) the determinants of having a hot lunch during school or working hours and (iii) the associations of lunch eating patterns with food habits.SettingThe study summarises mainly basic reports and studies concerning catering services conducted in Finland based on nationally representative population surveys.Design and subjectsCross-sectional study. The most important surveys cited in this paper are the School Health Promotion Study, the Work and the Working Conditions survey, the National FINDIET 2002 Study, and the Health Behavior and Health among Finnish Adult Population survey.ResultsSchool lunch is eaten by on average 70–90 % of children aged 9–18 years. Of all employees, 30 % eat at a worksite canteen daily, whereas 30 % of men and 45 % of women eat packed lunches. Nationally representative cross-sectional population surveys show that the use of catering services is associated with more healthy food habits; schoolchildren eating school meals and employees eating lunch at a worksite canteen tend to make food choices closer to nutritional recommendations as compared to those not using catering services to the same degree.ConclusionsSome evidence exists that catering services in schools and worksites contribute to healthy eating habits in the population. In order to verify the positive role of catering services more scientific research with prospective and intervention design studies will be needed.

scholarly journals Changes in fruit, vegetable and fish consumption after statutory retirement: a prospective cohort study

2020 ◽  
Vol 123 (12) ◽  
pp. 1390-1395
Author(s):  
Kirsi Ali-Kovero ◽  
Olli Pietiläinen ◽  
Elina Mauramo ◽  
Sauli Jäppinen ◽  
Ossi Rahkonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fish Consumption ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Food Habits ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Health Study

AbstractRetirement is a major life transition affecting health and health behaviour, but evidence on how this transition contributes to changes in healthy food habits is scarce. We examined whether the consumption of fruit and vegetables as well as fish changes after transition into statutory retirement. The data were derived from the prospective Helsinki Health Study. At phase 1 in 2000–2002, all participants were 40- to 60-year-old employees of the City of Helsinki, Finland (n 8960, response rate 67 %). Follow-up surveys were conducted in 2007, 2012 and 2017 (response rates 79–83 %). Using the four phases, we formed three nested cohorts in which the participants either continued working or moved to statutory retirement. The final analytical sample consisted of 6887 participants (14 357 observations). Frequency of fruit, vegetable and fish consumption was calculated from a twenty-two-item FFQ. Analyses of repeated measures of food consumption before and after retirement transition were conducted with a negative binomial mixed model, adjusting for age, marital status, limiting long-standing illness and household income. During the follow-up, altogether 3526 participants retired. Transition to retirement was associated with a decrease in vegetable consumption among women and, contrarily, with an increase in fruit consumption among men (P < 0·05 for interaction between time and employment status). Fish consumption did not differ by the change in employment status. Statutory retirement can have mixed effects on healthy food habits, and these can differ between food groups and sex. Healthy food habits should be promoted among employees transitioning to retirement.

scholarly journals Micronutrient Intake Adequacy in Men and Women with a Healthy Japanese Dietary Pattern

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Tomoko Ito ◽  
Kumpei Tanisawa ◽  
Ryoko Kawakami ◽  
Chiyoko Usui ◽  
Kaori Ishii ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Pattern ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Dietary Reference Intakes ◽  
Micronutrient Intake ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Healthy Dietary Pattern

This study examined the relationship between a healthy Japanese dietary pattern and micronutrient intake adequacy based on the Dietary Reference Intakes for Japanese 2015 (DRIs-J 2015) in men and women. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 1418 men and 795 women aged 40–87 years, who participated in the Waseda Alumni’s Sports, Exercise, Daily Activity, Sedentariness, and Health Study. Dietary patterns were derived from principal component analysis of the consumption of 52 food and beverage items, which were assessed by a validated brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaire. Micronutrient intakes were quantified using the dietary reference intakes score (DRIs-score) for 21 micronutrients (based on DRIs-J 2015). The healthy dietary pattern score was significantly and positively correlated with the intakes of all 21 micronutrients used for constructing the DRIs-score in men and in women (each, p < 0.001). In both sexes, the healthy dietary pattern scores were strongly and positively associated with DRIs-scores (in men: ρ = 0.806, p < 0.001; in women: ρ = 0.868, p < 0.001), and the DRIs-scores reached a plateau around the highest tertile of the healthy dietary pattern score. These results indicate that a healthy Japanese dietary pattern is associated with adequate micronutrient intakes based on the DRIs-J 2015 in both men and women.

Dietary Patterns in an Ethnoculturally Diverse Population: Of Young Canadian Adults

2011 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. e161-e168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darren R. Brenner ◽  
Beatrice A. Boucher ◽  
Nancy Kreiger ◽  
David Jenkins ◽  
Ahmed El-Sohemy
Keyword(s):  
Food Consumption ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Nutrient Intake ◽  
South Asians ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Partial Correlations ◽  
Ethnocultural Groups ◽  
Sectional Analysis

Purpose: Dietary patterns of food consumption were investigated among young urban Toronto adults, including men and women from different ethnocultural groups. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional analysis among 1153 adults aged 20 to 29 years, from the Toronto Nutrigenomics and Health Study. Principal components analysis of food intake scores was used to identify food consumption patterns. Logistic regression, analysis of variance, and t-tests were used to test for differences in dietary patterns between ethnocultural groups and between men and women. Partial correlations were used to investigate the relationship between patterns and nutrient intake. Results: Three predominant patterns were identified and termed “prudent,” “Western,” and “Eastern” patterns. Caucasians had significantly higher prudent pattern scores than did Asians and South Asians, while Asians had significantly higher Eastern pattern scores than did other ethnocultural groups (p<0.01). Women had higher prudent pattern scores (odds ratio [OR]=4.31, 95% confidence interval [CI]=3.11-5.96) and lower Western pattern scores (OR=0.62, 95% CI=0.45-0.84) than did men. Dietary pattern scores were correlated with nutrient and energy intakes. Conclusions: We observed distinct dietary patterns in this population of young adults. These dietary patterns varied significantly between ethnocultural groups and between men and women. The patterns were associated with nutrient intake levels; this association may have important public health implications.

scholarly journals Identification of Plasma Lipid Metabolites Associated with Nut Consumption in US Men and Women

2019 ◽  
Vol 149 (7) ◽  
pp. 1215-1221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasanti S Malik ◽  
Marta Guasch-Ferre ◽  
Frank B Hu ◽  
Mary K Townsend ◽  
Oana A Zeleznik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peanut Butter ◽  
Plasma Lipid ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Cardiometabolic Health ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Metabolite Level ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Lipid Metabolites ◽  
Nut Intake

ABSTRACT Background Intake of nuts has been inversely associated with risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, partly through inducing a healthy lipid profile. How nut intake may affect lipid metabolites remains unclear. Objective The aim of this study was to identify the plasma lipid metabolites associated with habitual nut consumption in US men and women. Methods We analyzed cross-sectional data from 1099 participants in the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS), NHS II, and Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Metabolic profiling was conducted on plasma by LC–mass spectrometry. Nut intake was estimated from food-frequency questionnaires. We included 144 known lipid metabolites that had CVs ≤25%. Multivariate linear regression was used to assess the associations of nut consumption with individual plasma lipid metabolites. Results We identified 17 lipid metabolites that were significantly associated with nut intake, based on a 1 serving (28 g)/d increment in multivariate models [false discovery rate (FDR) P value &lt;0.05]. Among these species, 8 were positively associated with nut intake [C24:0 sphingomyelin (SM), C36:3 phosphatidylcholine (PC) plasmalogen-A, C36:2 PC plasmalogen, C24:0 ceramide, C36:1 PC plasmalogen, C22:0 SM, C34:1 PC plasmalogen, and C36:2 phosphatidylethanolamine plasmalogen], with changes in relative metabolite level (expressed in number of SDs on the log scale) ranging from 0.36 to 0.46 for 1 serving/d of nuts. The other 9 metabolites were inversely associated with nut intake with changes in relative metabolite level ranging from −0.34 to −0.44. In stratified analysis, 3 metabolites were positively associated with both peanuts and peanut butter (C24:0 SM, C24:0 ceramide, and C22:0 SM), whereas 6 metabolites were inversely associated with other nuts (FDR P value &lt;0.05). Conclusions A panel of lipid metabolites was associated with intake of nuts, which may provide insight into biological mechanisms underlying associations between nuts and cardiometabolic health. Metabolites that were positively associated with intake of nuts may be helpful in identifying potential biomarkers of nut intake.

scholarly journals Severity and prevalence of various types of mental ill-health in a general adult population: Age and sex differences

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Höglund ◽  
Camilla Hakelind ◽  
Steven Nordin
Keyword(s):  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
General Adult Population ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
Broad Approach

Abstract Purpose Taking a broad approach, the aim of this study was to better understand the extent of severity and prevalence in various types of mental ill-health across age groups and sexes in the general adult population. A first objective was to determine symptom severity of anxiety, depression, insomnia, burnout and somatization in combinations of different age groups and sex. A second objective was to determine prevalence of caseness of these types of mental ill-health in both absolute and relative terms in the combinations of age groups and sex. Methods: Cross-sectional data were used from the Västerbotten Environmental Health Study in Sweden. In total 3406 participants, aged 18 to 79 years, constituted a random sample stratified for age and sex.Results The results show that severity and prevalence of anxiety, insomnia and burnout were high among women, in particular young women, but decreased with age. Men aged 30-49 years had the highest prevalence for mental ill-health compared to other age groups among men. Men and women aged 60-69 years had generally the lowest symptom severity and caseness. In contrast to many other studies the prevalence for depression shows a similarity between men and women in all age groups. The sex-related differences in extent were generally largest in the youngest age group, and gradually decreased with age.Conclusion As mental ill-health starts early in life, interventions aimed at early detection and treatment are necessary to reduce the severity and prevalence of common types of mental ill-health in society.

scholarly journals Postprandial Duration Influences the Association of Insulin-Related Dietary Indexes and Plasma C-peptide Concentrations in Adult Men and Women

2018 ◽  
Vol 149 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred K Tabung ◽  
Katharina Nimptsch ◽  
Edward L Giovannucci
Keyword(s):  
Disease Risk ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Blood Collection ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
C Peptide ◽  
Dietary Effects ◽  
Adult Men ◽  
Dietary Index

ABSTRACT Background The dietary insulin index (II) directly quantifies dietary effects on postprandial insulin secretion, whereas the empirical dietary index for hyperinsulinemia (EDIH), based on fasting C-peptide concentrations, is primarily reflective of insulin resistance. How these scores are related to nonfasting C-peptide in cohort studies has not been examined. Objective We investigated the extent to which EDIH and II scores predict plasma C-peptide concentrations, in cross-sectional analyses by postprandial duration at blood collection from 1 to ≥15 h. Methods Both EDIH and II scores were calculated from food-frequency questionnaire data reported by 3964 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1993–1995) and 6215 women in the Nurses’ Health Study (1989–1990) who were not diabetic. We constructed 12 multivariable-adjusted linear regression models separately in men and women, by postprandial duration, to calculate relative differences and absolute values of plasma C-peptide concentrations in dietary index quintiles. Results In both men and women, C-peptide concentrations were elevated 1–2 h after eating and declined with increasing postprandial duration. In men, percent differences in C-peptide concentration in the highest compared with lowest dietary index quintile were: EDIH: 0–1 h: 50%; 2 h: 22%; 14 h: 14%; ≥15 h: 30% (all P-trend< 0.05). II: 0–1 h: 19% (P-trend = 0.09); 2 h: 3% (P-trend = 0.09); 14 h: −6% (P-trend = 0.17); ≥15 h: −15% (P-trend = 0.02). Corresponding results among women were: EDIH: 0–1 h: 29% (P-trend = 0.002); 2 h: 33% (P-trend = 0.009); 14 h: 44% (P-trend < 0.0001); ≥15 h: 40% (P-trend < 0.0001). II: 0–1 h: −12% (P-trend = 0.09); 2 h: 17% (P-trend = 0.09); 14 h: −14% (P-trend = 0.009); ≥15 h: −3% (P-trend = 0.37). Conclusion The EDIH was superior to the II in predicting both fasting and nonfasting C-peptide concentrations, suggesting that the EDIH may be better in assessing dietary effects of hyperinsulinemia on disease risk in adult men and women.

scholarly journals The Influence of Values and Attitude toward Healthy Food Selection at Student of Bogor Agricultural University

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aidha Syah ◽  
Lilik Noor Yuliati
Keyword(s):  
Design Research ◽  
Food Selection ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Healthy Foods ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Significant Difference

<p>The food selection is a process that consumers do every day before consuming any food. The food which is selected for consumption will have an effect for our health. This study aimed to analyze the influence of values and attitudes toward healthy food choices. Design research was using cross sectional study with a survey method using a self-report questionnaire and involving 288 students of PPKU IPB selected by cluster random sampling technique. Data were analyzed using SPSS for descriptive, different test of an independent t-test, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that there are significant differences in values and attitudes between men and women and meanwhile there was no significant difference in the selection of healthy foods between men and women. Values and attitudes of students have a positive relationship to the choice of healthy foods. The results also showed that the attitude had a positive and significant effect on the choice of healthy foods, otherwise values had no significant effect on the choice of healthy foods.</p>

scholarly journals Commuting time to work and behaviour-related health: a fixed-effect analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-83
Author(s):  
Jaana I Halonen ◽  
Anna Pulakka ◽  
Jussi Vahtera ◽  
Jaana Pentti ◽  
Hanna Laström ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Conditional Logistic Regression ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Occupational Position ◽  
Commuting Time

ObjectivesLong commuting times are linked to poor health outcomes, but the evidence is mainly cross-sectional. We examined longitudinal within-individual associations between commuting time and behaviour-related health.MethodsData were from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health study. We selected workers who responded to a minimum of two surveys conducted every other year between 2008 and 2018. We included all study waves with self-reported commuting time (ie, the exposure, 1–5, 6–10, 11–15 or ≥15 hours/week), body mass index (based on weight and height), physical (in)activity, smoking, alcohol use and sleep problems (ie, the outcomes) (Nindividuals=20 376, Nobservations=46 169). We used conditional logistic regression for fixed effects analyses that controls for time-varying confounders by design. Analyses were stratified by working hours: normal (30–40 hours/week) or longer than normal (>40 hours/week) and adjusted for time dependent covariates: age, marital status, occupational position, presence of children, chronic disease, depressive symptoms, job strain and shift work.ResultsThose working >40 hours/week had higher odds of physical inactivity (OR 1.25, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.51) and sleep problems (OR 1.16, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.35) when they were commuting >5 hours/week than when they were commuting 1–5 hours/week. Among women working normal hours, longer commuting time associated with lower odds of problem drinking.ConclusionOur findings suggest that lengthy commuting time increases the risk of physical inactivity and sleep problems if individuals have longer than normal weekly working hours. Effects of work arrangements that decrease commuting time should be examined in relation to health behaviours.

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