scholarly journals Dietary and socio-economic factors associated with overweight and obesity in a southern French population

2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Scali ◽  
S Siari ◽  
P Grosclaude ◽  
M Gerber
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Population Sample ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Dietary Factors ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

AbstractObjective:To investigate the socio-economic and dietary factors associated with overweight and obesity, respectively, in southern France.Design:Cross-sectional analysis of socio-economic, lifestyle and nutritional characteristics of a representative population sample. A questionnaire elicited information on anthropometric measurements, socio-economic factors, physical activity, tobacco use, and alcohol and food intakes. Non-parametric tests, multiple linear regression models and correspondence factorial analysis (CFA) were used to estimate the association of the various factors with overweight and obesity.Setting:French Southwest and Mediterranean areas.Subjects:In total, 1169 subjects (578 women and 552 men), aged 30–77 years, were recruited at random.Results:Overweight and obesity were associated with age and education in both genders, reproductive factors in women and tobacco use in men. A few dietary factors were identified (high energy intake and low intake of carbohydrates), but all these variables explained little of the variation (18.5% in women and 14.6% in men). The CFA further investigated the association of lifestyle and nutritional factors, giving more weight to nutritional behaviour for overweight men and women. Factors for obesity differed from those for overweight by being different in men and women, possibly related to psychological behaviour, and there were fewer of them, suggesting an insufficient coverage by the usual questionnaires.Conclusions:Overweight and obesity appear as two different entities. Energy imbalance induced by various lifestyle factors plays a major role in the development of overweight, whereas obesity represents a more complex entity where psychological and genetic factors that are difficult to assess may be more important. General nutritional guidelines appear more adapted to the prevention of overweight than to that of obesity, and individual counselling to the prevention of obesity.

Maternal, neonatal and socio-economic factors associated with intellectual development among children from a coal mining region in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcela Dupont-Soares ◽  
Marina dos Santos ◽  
Edariane Menestrino Garcia ◽  
Maria Cristina Flores Soares ◽  
Ana Luiza Muccillo-Baisch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Intellectual Development ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Mining Region ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

scholarly journals Infant Feeding Practices in Kaski District, Pokhara

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
S Basnet ◽  
E Gauchan ◽  
K Malla ◽  
T Malla ◽  
DP Koirala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infant Feeding ◽  
Complementary Feeding ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Infant Feeding Practices ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Prelacteal Feeds ◽  
Initiation Of Breastfeeding ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Background: Children in developing countries are prone to infectious diseases due to insufficient and inappropriate feeding practices. Socio-demographic and socio-economic factors directly and indirectly play a role in influencing infant feeding practices.  This study was conducted to assess the socio-demographic and economic factors associated with initiation of breastfeeding, complimentary feeding, and the various prelacteal feeds practiced in Kaski, Pokhara. Materials and Methods: In this prospective study, interviews were conducted to 500 mothers at Manipal Teaching Hospital who brought their child for treatment. The interviews were conducted in a questionnaire format relating to their demographic and financial statuses. Results: A total of 500 mothers were questioned, out of which 86.6% gave their child breastmilk as its first food. 47% initiated breastfeeding within half an hour of child’s birth. 86% gave Jaulo as the first complementary food to their children. About 26% of the mothers gave complementary feeding to their children before the recommended time of 6 months. Conclusion: Initiation of breastfeeding after life and complementary feeding practices overall has improved from previous studies. There is still need of making awareness campaigns and such in order to further improve this trend. Key words: Breastfeeding; Complimentary feeding; Malnourishment DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v32i1.5339     J. Nepal Paediatr. Soc. Vol.32(1) 2012 23-27

scholarly journals Socio-economic factors associated with a healthy diet: results from the E3N study

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 1574-1583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurélie Affret ◽  
Gianluca Severi ◽  
Courtney Dow ◽  
Grégoire Rey ◽  
Cyrille Delpierre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Healthy Diet ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Processed Meat ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

AbstractObjectiveTo identify individual and contextual socio-economic factors associated with a healthy diet.DesignDietary data from a large cohort study were used to derive two mutually exclusive dietary patterns through a latent class analysis. Associations between dietary patterns and socio-economic factors were studied with logistic regression.SettingE3N, a French prospective cohort study composed of women recruited from a national health insurance plan covering people working in the national education system.SubjectsE3N participants (n 73 031) with dietary and socio-economic data available.ResultsThe ‘Healthy’ pattern was characterized by a large consumption of fruits and vegetables and the ‘Less Healthy’ pattern by a large consumption of pizza and processed meat. When all socio-economic factors were analysed together, all of the individual factors considered were associated with a healthy diet (e.g. women with three or more children were less likely to follow a healthy diet v. women with no children, OR (95 % CI): 0·70 (0·66, 0·75)) while the contextual factors associated with a healthy diet included the size of the agglomeration of residence and the area of birth and residence (e.g. women living in the West of France were less likely to follow a healthy diet v. those living in the South of France: 0·78 (0·72, 0·83)).ConclusionsWe demonstrated that individual and contextual factors are both associated with diet. Rather than focusing only on individual factors, we recommend future studies or public health and nutritional strategies on diet to consider both types of factors.

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