Major dietary patterns of young and middle aged women : results from a prospective Australian cohort study

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Major dietary patterns of young and middle aged women : results from a prospective Australian cohort study

Mishra, G. D., McNaughton, S. A., Ball, K., Brown, W. J., Giles, G. G. and Dobson, A. J. 2010, Major dietary patterns of young and middle aged women : results from a prospective Australian cohort study, European journal of clinical nutrition, vol. 64, no. 10, pp. 1125-1133, doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.121.

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Title	Major dietary patterns of young and middle aged women : results from a prospective Australian cohort study
Author(s)	Mishra, G. D. McNaughton, S. A. orcid.org/0000-0001-5936-9820 Ball, K. orcid.org/0000-0003-2893-8415 Brown, W. J. Giles, G. G. Dobson, A. J.
Journal name	European journal of clinical nutrition
Volume number	64
Issue number	10
Start page	1125
End page	1133
Total pages	9
Publisher	Nature Publishing Group
Place of publication	London, England
Publication date	2010-10
ISSN	0954-3007 1476-5640
Keyword(s)	dietary patterns Australian diet food frequency questionnaire factor analysis health-related behaviours
Summary	Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the major dietary patterns of two age cohorts of women, to determine to the extent to which the dietary patterns differ between the cohorts and to assess whether they vary according to sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics and patterns of nutrient intake. Method: Dietary intake was assessed using an 80-item food frequency questionnaire for women aged 50–55 years (n=10 150; ‘middle age’) in 2001 and aged 25–30 years (n=7371; ‘young’) in 2003, from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Factor analysis using principal component extraction was used to identify dietary patterns, and a pattern score was calculated from the consumption of the food items identified with each dietary pattern. Associations between the dietary pattern scores and sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics and nutrient intakes were investigated using regression analysis. Results: Six dietary patterns were identified and were labelled: cooked vegetables; fruit; Mediterranean-style; processed meat, meat and takeaway; reduced fat dairy; and high-fat and sugar foods. Regression analysis revealed that healthier dietary patterns were significantly associated with other favourable health-related behaviours, higher socioeconomic status and living in urban areas (P-values <0.05). Conclusions: In spite of differences in the level of consumption of individual food items, the similarity in dietary patterns across two generations of women suggests that policies and interventions to improve diet should focus on social and economic factors and general health-related behaviour rather than different age groups.
Language	eng
DOI	10.1038/ejcn.2010.121
Field of Research	111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective	920411 Nutrition
HERDC Research category	C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice	©2010, Nature Publishing Group
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30031323

Document type:	Journal Article
Collections:	School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research


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