Consumer attitudes towards dietary behaviors: a mediator between socioeconomic status and diet quality in European adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Socioeconomic disparities in dietary behaviors are well-known, but underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. We investigated whether consumer attitudes toward dietary behaviors mediate the relationship between socioeconomic factors and diet quality.

Methods

This analysis included 4051 adult participants from eight European countries of the I.Family study (2013/2014). Dietary intake was assessed using a food frequency questionnaire, and diet quality was measured by adherence to dietary recommendations using the Healthy Dietary Adherence Score. Socioeconomic factors included education, income, and social vulnerabilities (migrant background, experiencing unemployment in the household, single parenthood). Structural equation modeling was used to model pathways b

SUBMITTER: Klink U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11922978 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature