Demographic variation in nutrition knowledge in England

Parmenter, Kate; Waller, Jo; Wardle, Jane

doi:10.1093/her/15.2.163

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“…Our findings, however, differed in that PBFP was strongly influenced by SES in a way that its impact on dietary outcomes was not independent of social class. In addition, knowledge and attitude about diet and health as measured by PBDQ was not linearly associated with SES, unlike findings from other studies (Parmenter et al, 2000;Turrell and Kavanagh, 2006), which made this variable an independent protective factor for diet quality. Our structural equations modeling confirmed that mediation particularly for PBDQ was nonexistent while PBFP acted as a mediator in particular for energy, fat and sodium intake as well as in the consumption of simple sugars (mediation proportion 410%).…”

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confidence: 95%

How do socio-economic status, perceived economic barriers and nutritional benefits affect quality of dietary intake among US adults?

2007

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Background: Socio-economic factors may affect diet quality, perhaps differentially across gender and ethnicity. The mechanism of this association is still largely unknown. Objectives: We examined the independent effects of socio-economic status (SES), perceived barrier of food price (PBFP) and perceived benefit of diet quality (PBDQ) on diet quality indicators and indices (DQI j,k ), across gender and ethnicity. Additionally, we estimated the mediation proportion of the effect of SES on DQI j,k through PBFP and PBDQ. Methods: Data from two cross-sectional surveys, the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII) and Diet and Health Knowledge Survey (DHKS) 1994-96 were used. Our sample consisted of 4356 US adults aged 20-65 years. With principal components analysis, SES (an index) was measured using household income per capita and education, and PBDQ was measured using an 11-item scale. PBFP was defined as the ratio of importance of food price score relative to nutrition. DQI j,k were assessed by a set of indicators and two indices including the Healthy Eating Index. Results: The associations between SES, PBFP, PBDQ and DQI j,k varied significantly across gender and ethnic groups. PBFP acted as a mediator in the association between SES and selected DQI j indicators, namely energy, fat intake, sodium and simple sugar consumption (mediation proportion 410%), but not PBDQ. Conclusions: SES, PBFP and PBDQ all affect dietary intake, and vary by ethnicity and gender. Positive effect of SES on DQI j,k may be mediated by PBFP but not PBDQ which is an independent protective factor. Nutrition education is important to promote healthy eating.

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How do socio-economic status, perceived economic barriers and nutritional benefits affect quality of dietary intake among US adults?

2007

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“…In the current study, parents with a lower education level were less likely to feel that it was important to teach their children about healthy eating. The relationship between education level and parents nutrition knowledge in our study was not as strong as would be expected based on previous literature (26,27) . Given that we had a comparatively even spread of SES by SEIFA and education levels, nutrition knowledge scores may have been influenced by considerable publicity within the media about diet-related issues, including national health promotion campaigns to increase fruit and vegetable consumption (Go For 2&5 TM ).…”

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Parental nutrition knowledge and attitudes as predictors of 5–6-year-old children's healthy food knowledge

Zarnowiecki

Sinn

Petkov

et al. 2011

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Young children's knowledge about healthy food may influence the formation of their eating behaviours, and parents have a major influence on the development of children's knowledge in the early years. Design: We investigated the extent to which parental nutrition knowledge and attitudes around food predicted young children's knowledge of healthy foods, controlling for other influences such as socio-economic status (SES) and parent education levels in a cross-sectional research design. Children were given a healthy food knowledge activity and parents completed questionnaires. Setting: Twenty primary schools in Adelaide, Australia, stratified by SES. Subjects: We recruited 192 children aged 5-6 years and their parents. Results: Structural equation modelling showed that parent nutrition knowledge predicted children's nutrition knowledge (r 5 0?30, P , 0?001) independently of attitudes, SES and education level. Conclusions: Nutrition education for parents, targeted at low-SES areas at higher risk for obesity, may contribute to the development of healthy food knowledge in young children.

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“…23 Others have reported an association between sociodemographic factors and food behaviors. 24,25 The strong relationship between educational level 26 and CVD control rates 27,28 also has been previously reported. In agreement with these studies, promotion of socioeconomic status and educational level positively changed food behavior, with declining HVO con- sumption among families in northern Iran.…”

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Five-Year Trend in Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil Consumption among Northern Iranian Families

Veghari

Sedaghat²,

Maghsodlo³

et al. 2013

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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Background:The main aim of this study was to assess the trends in hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) consumption and some related factors among northern Iranian families from 2006 to 2010.Methods: A cross-sectional, population-based study was conducted with 6497 subjects, 15 to 65 years old, who were chosen by multistage cluster random sampling. The subjects were randomly chosen by 325 clusters with an equal size (n ‫؍‬ 20 subjects). A multidimensional questionnaire including sociodemographic questions and type of cooking oil used were administered by interviewers.Results

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Demographic variation in nutrition knowledge in England

Cited by 340 publications

References 17 publications

How do socio-economic status, perceived economic barriers and nutritional benefits affect quality of dietary intake among US adults?

How do socio-economic status, perceived economic barriers and nutritional benefits affect quality of dietary intake among US adults?

Parental nutrition knowledge and attitudes as predictors of 5–6-year-old children's healthy food knowledge

Five-Year Trend in Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil Consumption among Northern Iranian Families

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