Association between diet quality and obesity indicators among the working-age adults in Inner Mongolia, Northern China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity is a major risk factor for the global burden of disease in countries that are economically developed or not. This study aimed to investigate the association between diet quality and obesity indicators applying DASH and aMed.

Methods

This cross-sectional study on adult nutrition and chronic disease in Inner Mongolia (n = 1320). Dietary data were collected using 24-h diet recall for 3 consecutive days and weighing method. DASH and aMed were used to assess the dietary quality. WC, BMI and WC-BMI were used as obesity indicators. Logistic regression models were used to examine the associations between diet quality and obesity indicators.

Results

Higher diet quality, assessed by DASH, was only associated with WC. The odds ratio (OR) for abdominal obesity

SUBMITTER: Jia L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7382798 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature