Socioeconomic inequities in diet quality among a nationally representative sample of adults living in Canada: an analysis of trends between 2004 and 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Socioeconomic inequities in diet quality are stable or widening in the United States; however, these trends have not been well characterized in other nations. Moreover, purpose-developed indices of inequities that can provide a more comprehensive and precise perspective of trends in absolute and relative dietary gaps and gradients using multiple indicators of socioeconomic position (SEP) have not yet been used, and can inform strategies to narrow dietary inequities.

Objectives

We quantified nationally representative trends in absolute and relative gaps and gradients in diet quality between 2004 and 2015 according to 3 indicators of SEP among adults in Canada.

Methods

Adults (≥18 y old) who participated in the nationally representative, cross-sectional Canad

SUBMITTER: Olstad DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8574630 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature