Socioeconomic gradients in the Westernization of diet in China over 20 years.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In low-middle income countries, urbanization leads to changes from traditional to Western diet, which are often accompanied by reductions in cardiometabolic health. Whether socioeconomic status buffers these urbanization-related diet changes over time is unknown.

Objective

To examine whether the association between urbanization and a key indicator of Western diet, percent of calories from animal-source foods (1) varies depending on income and (2) whether this association changes over time.

Materials and methods

We used data from nine waves of the longitudinal, population-based China Health and Nutrition Survey [n = 22,360 Chinese adults (1991-2015)], followed across 24 years, including diet data from 3 repeated 24-h dietary recalls. We used simultaneous y

SUBMITTER: Howard AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8526760 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature