Associations of childhood and adult socioeconomic circumstances with recommended food habits among young and midlife Finnish employees.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disadvantaged socioeconomic circumstances are associated with certain unhealthy food habits such as inadequate consumption of fruit and vegetables. This study examined whether multiple socioeconomic measures are consistently associated with a variety of food habits.

Methods

We examined associations of 2 childhood and 6 adult socioeconomic measures with 8 recommended food habits among 19-39-year-old employees of the City of Helsinki, Finland. The data were collected in 2017 via online and mailed surveys. Our sample consisted of 4621 employees (80% women). The analyses included adjusted binary logistic regression models.

Results

More advantaged socioeconomic circumstances were positively associated with the recommended consumption of vegetables, fruit or berr

SUBMITTER: Salmela J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9281257 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature