在加拿大的青少年中,饮食摄入量和饮食行为的不平等
Karen A Patte1, Markus J Duncan2, Angelica Amores3
1Department of Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada. kpatte@brocku.ca.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique
|February 21, 2024
概括
青少年的饮食和饮食习惯显示出基于性别,种族和社会经济地位的重大不平等. 解决这些差异需要解决潜在的结构因素,以防止健康的负面影响.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 营养流行病学 营养流行病学
- 健康的社会决定因素
背景情况:
- 青少年的饮食模式受到复杂的社会因素的影响.
- 了解不同社会地位的饮食行为之间的差异对于公共卫生干预至关重要.
- 关于这些差异的现有证据需要当代验证.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查青少年的饮食摄入量和饮食行为是如何根据他们的社会地位而有所不同.
- 提供关于性别,种族/种族和社会经济地位对青少年营养的影响的最新证据.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自加拿大四个省份 (2020-2021) 的52,138名中学生的调查数据.
- 采用多重回归模型来分析自我报告的饮食摄入量和饮食行为.
- 研究了性别,种族/种族和社会经济地位 (SES) 的差异.
主要成果:
- 女性和性别多样性/"宁愿不说"的学生表现出更高的限制性饮食和更低的每日早餐和水的消费率.
- 与白人和亚裔同龄人相比,种族/民族少数群体 (黑人,拉丁美洲人) 的限制性饮食,快餐消费和减少饮用水的可能性增加.
- 较低的社会经济地位 (SES) 与每日早餐,水和水果/蔬菜消费的几率下降相关,同时增加了限制性饮食和购买零食的摄入量.
结论:
- 在青少年的饮食和饮食行为中存在显著的性别,种族/民族和社会经济不平等.
- 必须紧急解决导致这些饮食差异的结构性因素.
- 需要采取干预措施,以防止营养不平等导致的不良健康结果.
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