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. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads 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 Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 24 Nov 2010, 09:39:53 EST Thu, 25 Nov 2010, 11:21:10 EST Thu, 25 Nov 2010, 11:23:22 EST Wed, 15 Jun 2011, 09:11:14 EST Fri, 19 Oct 2012, 13:40:46 EST Wed, 29 Jan 2014, 12:30:32 EST Wed, 29 Jan 2014, 12:38:56 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 16:53:21 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 19 times in TR Web of Science Cited 23 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 487 Abstract Views, 38 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 24 Nov 2010, 09:39:49 EST by Jane Moschetti

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