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01-04-2011 | Original Article

Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe study: dietary patterns and their association with socio-demographic factors in the Lithuanian urban population of Kaunas city

Authors: Dalia Ieva Luksiene, Migle Baceviciene, Abdonas Tamosiunas, Evelina Daugeliene, Daina Kranciukaite

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 2/2011

Abstract

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to identify the main dietary patterns in the Lithuanian urban population and to determine their association with socio-demographic factors.

Methods

Data from the survey performed in the framework of the HAPIEE (Health, Alcohol, Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe) study were presented. A random sample of 7,087 individuals aged 45–72 years was screened in 2006–2008.

Results

Factor analysis of the main dietary patterns revealed a five-factor solution, which accounted for 47.8% of the variance: “fresh vegetables and fruit”; “sweets”; “porridge and cereals”; “potatoes, meat, boiled vegetables and eggs”; “chicken and fish”. “Fresh vegetables and fruits” factor and “sweets” factor were inversely associated with age both in men and women: older people consumed less frequent than average of the particular food groups. Dietary patterns of people with good self-rated health and university education were healthier than among people with lower education and poorer health.

Conclusion

Nutrition education efforts should focus on improving food diversity, with particular targeting of lower educated, single and older people.

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Title: Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe study: dietary patterns and their association with socio-demographic factors in the Lithuanian urban population of Kaunas city
Authors: Dalia Ieva Luksiene
Migle Baceviciene
Abdonas Tamosiunas
Evelina Daugeliene
Daina Kranciukaite
Publication date: 01-04-2011
Publisher: SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 2/2011
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-010-0170-3

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Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe study: dietary patterns and their association with socio-demographic factors in the Lithuanian urban population of Kaunas city

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