Individual- and neighborhood-level factors influencing diet quality: a multilevel analysis using Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data, 2010-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Although environmental factors influence lifestyle choices, few studies have examined how individual-level and neighborhood-level socio-demographic factors interact to affect diet quality in Korea. We investigated the associations between multilevel factors and diet quality among Korean adults and explored potential interactions by gender and age.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 42,035 adults from 1,671 towns using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2010-2019) and the Population and Housing Census of Korea (2010-2019). Individual-level variables included gender, age, education, income, number of household members, smoking, drinking, physical activity, and subjective health status. Neighborhood-level variables i

SUBMITTER: Park D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12673292 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature