Diet quality trends among adults with diabetes by socioeconomic status in the U.S.: 1999-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The diet quality of adults living in the United States has improved overtime. We aim to determine whether diet quality among adults with diabetes mellitus has changed over time, and to examine trends in socioeconomic disparities in diet quality.

Methods

Repeated cross-sectional analysis of eight National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) cycles (1999-2000 through 2013-2014). We included 5882 adult participants (age 20 or older) with diabetes mellitus (type 1 or 2) who completed 24-h dietary recalls. Diet quality was measured by the Healthy Eating Index 2010 (HEI) score (range 0-100, higher scores indicate better diet quality). We tested whether there were differences in diet quality across education, income, and food security categories, and whether

SUBMITTER: Orr CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6544994 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature