Dietary patterns of Brazilian farmers and their relation with sociodemographic, labor, and lifestyle conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The eating habits have changed in the last few decades, but few studies prioritize the food consumption of farmers and the rural population. Therefore, the objective of this study was explore the sociodemographic, occupational and lifestyle factors to the high adherence these dietary patterns.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional epidemiological study of 740 farmers (51.5%, n = 381 males; 48.5%, n = 359 females) from a municipality in Southeastern Brazil. Food intake data were obtained by applying multipass 24-h recall and dietary intake was presented in dietary patterns determined by Principal Component Analysis with varimax orthogonal rotation.

Results

Three dietary patterns were identified. The first pattern, "local traditional", was associated with sociode

SUBMITTER: Cattafesta M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7093971 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature