Associations of Ready-to-Eat Cereal Consumption and Income With Dietary Outcomes: Results From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2015-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ready-to-eat (RTE) cereal has been associated with higher diet quality but it is not known if this association differs by income.

Objective

To investigate the association of RTE cereal with dietary outcomes in a US population stratified by income [measured using the poverty-to-income ratio (PIR)].

Methods

Data from children 2-18 years (n = 5,028) and adults 19 years and older (n = 9,813) with 24-h dietary recalls from the cross-sectional, US nationally-representative 2015-2016 and 2017-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) were used in a multivariable linear model that included cereal eating status (based on day 1 24 h dietary recall), PIR category (Low-PIR <1.85; Mid-PIR 1.85-3.50; High-PIR >3.50) and their interacti

SUBMITTER: Smith J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9002128 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature