Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Dietary Intake and Quality Among United States Veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dietary quality plays an important role in disease development and prognosis, and diet is also a key contributor to disparities in many chronic diseases and health conditions.

Objectives

This study aimed to assess racial and ethnic disparities experienced by veterans; we examined food intake and dietary quality across different racial and ethnic groups of United States veterans.

Methods

The study included 420,730 males and females aged 19-107 y (91.2% males) enrolled in the Veterans Affairs Million Veteran Program with plausible dietary intake measured by food frequency questionnaire. Dietary quality was evaluated with dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) score. Dietary intakes of various race and ethnicity groups were standardized to the age dist

SUBMITTER: Nguyen XT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11530779 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature