Dietary patterns and their socioeconomic factors of adherence among adults in urban Burkina Faso: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sub-Saharan African populations undergo a nutrition transition towards diets associated with increased risk for metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. For targeted prevention, we aimed to characterize dietary patterns and determine their sociodemographic factors of adherence.

Methods

We recruited 1,018 adults aged >  = 25 years from two formal and three informal settlements within the Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, between February and April 2021. In a cross-sectional sample, a culture-specific food-propensity questionnaire with 134 food items and a sociodemographic questionnaire were used to collect the data. Exploratory dietary patterns were derived using principal component analysis, and sociodemographic factors of adhere

SUBMITTER: Weil K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10566033 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature