Inequalities in education and national income are associated with poorer diet: Pooled analysis of individual participant data across 12 European countries.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Malnutrition linked to noncommunicable diseases presents major health problems across Europe. The World Health Organisation encourages countries to conduct national dietary surveys to obtain data to inform public health policies designed to prevent noncommunicable diseases. METHODS:Data on 27334 participants aged 19-64y were harmonised and pooled across national dietary survey datasets from 12 countries across the WHO European Region. Weighted mean nutrient intakes were age-standardised using the Eurostat 2013 European Standard Population. Associations between country-level Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and key nutrients and nutrient densities were investigated using linear regression. The potential mitigating influence of participant-level educational status was explored. FINDIN

SUBMITTER: Rippin HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7205203 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature