Associations of social, physical, and financial factors with diet quality among older, community-dwelling women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This analysis examined whether specific social, physical, and financial factors were associated with diet quality among older, community-dwelling women.

Methods

This cross-sectional analysis was conducted in a subset of 6,094 community-dwelling Women's Health Initiative participants who completed a food frequency questionnaire, administered from 2012 to 2013, and a self-administered supplemental questionnaire, administered approximately 1 year later. The supplemental questionnaire included five questions assessing social, physical, and financial factors related to eating. Diet quality was assessed with the Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI-2010; range of 0-100; higher score indicates a higher quality diet). The total HEI-2010 score was calculated by summing individual

SUBMITTER: Shikany JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8674969 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature