Dietary quality differs among cannabis use groups: data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-16.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe diet quality (Healthy Eating Index 2010 (HEI-2010) and Healthy Eating Index 2015 (HEI-2015)) according to self-reported cannabis use among the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) adult participants.

Design

Utilizing cross-sectional data, we assessed diet quality with up to two 24-h diet recalls from NHANES participants. Usual intakes were estimated via the multivariate Markov Chain-Monte Carlo method. Diet quality scores were compared among never users, previous users and current users of cannabis.

Setting

NHANES surveys from 2005 to 2016.

Participants

Adult NHANES participants (17 855) aged 20-59 years with valid data for dietary recalls and drug use questionnaires.

Results

Current adult cannabis users (ages 2

SUBMITTER: Gelfand AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195383 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature