To what extent do dietary costs explain socio-economic differences in dietary behavior?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low socio-economic position is associated with consumption of lower quality diets, which may be partly explained by the cost of healthier diets. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the mediating role of dietary costs in the association between educational level and diet quality.

Methods

We used cross-sectional data from Dutch older adults (N = 9399) in the EPIC-NL cohort. Participants provided information about their own and their partners' highest attained educational level (as proxy for socio-economic position). Dietary behavior was assessed using a food frequency questionnaire from which we derived two diet-quality scores, including the Dutch Healthy Diet index 2015 (DHD15-index) and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. Dietary cost estimates

SUBMITTER: Hoenink JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7446174 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature