Adherence to dietary guide for elderly adults and health risks of older adults in ethnic minority areas in China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impact of dietary guidelines on health in ethnic minority regions needs to be further explored because of multiple sociocultural factors. Therefore, this study was conducted to analyze the association between adherence to dietary guidelines and health risks in an elderly population in an ethnic minority region.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 836 older adults in ethnic minority areas. They were asked to describe their daily dietary intake levels through a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. The closeness coefficient for each study subject was calculated by using the technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution (TOPSIS), which measures the adherence to Dietary Guide for Elderly Adults (DGEA). Regression mode

SUBMITTER: Mai T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8862314 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature