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Dietary patterns and socioeconomic position.

P Mullie1, P Clarys, M Hulens

  • 1Department of Nutrition, Preventive Medicine and Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. patrick.mullie@skynet.be

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Higher socioeconomic status is linked to healthier dietary patterns, including the Healthy Eating Index and Mediterranean Diet Score. Conversely, less healthy diets correlate with behaviors like smoking and low physical activity.

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Area of Science:

  • Nutritional Science
  • Public Health
  • Socioeconomic Determinants of Health

Background:

  • Socioeconomic status significantly influences health behaviors, including dietary choices.
  • Understanding the relationship between socioeconomic factors and diet is crucial for public health interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the socioeconomic hypothesis concerning three distinct dietary patterns.
  • To compare and contrast three common methods for assessing dietary patterns: Healthy Eating Index (HEI), Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS), and principal component analysis (PCA).

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional study involving 1852 military men.
  • Food consumption frequency was assessed using mailed questionnaires.

Main Results:

  • Correlations between the three dietary assessment methods ranged from 0.43 to 0.62, with HEI and PCA-derived Healthy Dietary Pattern showing the highest correlation.
  • Higher income and education levels were consistently associated with healthier dietary patterns across all three methods, even when analyzed together.
  • The least healthy dietary patterns were linked to a cluster of unhealthy behaviors, including smoking, low physical activity, high intake of total and saturated fats, and low fruit and vegetable consumption.

Conclusions:

  • Healthier dietary patterns, as measured by HEI, MDS, and PCA, are associated with higher socioeconomic position.
  • Poorer dietary patterns are linked to multiple unhealthy lifestyle behaviors, highlighting the interplay between socioeconomic factors and health choices.