Carrasco-Marín, F. et al. (2024) Adherence to dietary recommendations by socioeconomic status in the United Kingdom biobank cohort study. Frontiers in Nutrition, 11, 1349538. (doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1349538)
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Abstract
Understanding how socioeconomic markers interact could inform future policies aimed at increasing adherence to a healthy diet. This cross-sectional study included 437,860 participants from the UK Biobank. Dietary intake was self-reported. Were used as measures socioeconomic education level, income and Townsend deprivation index. A healthy diet score was defined using current dietary recommendations for nine food items and one point was assigned for meeting the recommendation for each. Good adherence to a healthy diet was defined as the top 75th percentile, while poor adherence was defined as the lowest 25th percentile. Poisson regression was used to investigate adherence to dietary recommendations. There were significant trends whereby diet scores tended to be less healthy as deprivation markers increased. The diet score trends were greater for education compared to area deprivation and income. Compared to participants with the highest level of education, those with the lowest education were found to be 48% less likely to adhere to a healthy diet (95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 0.60-0.64). Additionally, participants with the lowest income level were 33% less likely to maintain a healthy diet (95% CI: 0.73-0.81), and those in the most deprived areas were 13% less likely (95% CI: 0.84-0.91). Among the three measured proxies of socioeconomic statuseducation, income, and area deprivationlow education emerged as the strongest factor associated with lower adherence to a healthy diet.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Additional Information: | UK Biobank was established by the Wellcome Trust medical charity, the Medical Research Council, the Department of Health, the Scottish Government, and the Northwest Regional Development Agency. It has also received funding from the Welsh Assembly Government and the British Heart Foundation. |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Celis, Dr Carlos and Phillips, Nathan and Martinez, Mr Nicolas and Ho, Dr Frederick and Talebi, Dr Atefeh and Pell, Professor Jill and Petermann-Rocha, Mrs Fanny and Parra, Solange and Boonpor, Jirapitcha and Carrasco Marín, Mrs Fernanda |
Creator Roles: | Carrasco Marín, F.Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review and editing Parra, S.Writing – review and editing Boonpor, J.Writing – review and editing Phillips, N.Writing – review and editing Talebi, A.Validation, Writing – review and editing Petermann-Rocha, F.Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review and editing Pell, J.Writing – review and editing Ho, F.Writing – review and editing Martinez, N.Writing – review and editing Celis, C.Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review and editing, Visualization |
Authors: | Carrasco-Marín, F., Parra-Soto, S., Boonpor, J., Phillips, N., Talebi, A., Petermann-Rocha, F., Pell, J., Ho, F. K., Martínez-Maturana, N., Celis-Morales, C. A., Molina-Luque, R., and Molina-Recio, G. |
College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > Public Health |
Journal Name: | Frontiers in Nutrition |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media |
ISSN: | 2296-861X |
ISSN (Online): | 2296-861X |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2024 The Authors |
First Published: | First published in Frontiers in Nutrition 11:1349538 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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