Diet quality in older age: the influence of childhood and adult socio-economic circumstances.

ABSTRACT: Socio-economic gradients in diet quality are well established. However, the influence of material socio-economic conditions particularly in childhood, and the use of multiple disaggregated socio-economic measures on diet quality have been little studied in the elderly. In the present study, we examined childhood and adult socio-economic measures, and social relationships, as determinants of diet quality cross-sectionally in 4252 older British men (aged 60-79 years). A FFQ provided data on daily fruit and vegetable consumption and the Elderly Dietary Index (EDI), with higher scores indicating better diet quality. Adult and childhood socio-economic measures included occupation/father's occupation, education and household amenities, which combined to create composite scores. Social relationsh

SUBMITTER: Atkins JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4462157 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature