Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the impact of socioeconomic status on dietary habits in Italy. DESIGN: large Italian multicentric prospective cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: more than 45,000 subjects recruited between 1993 and 1998 in five Italian centres (Turin, Varese, Florence, Naples, and Ragusa). Dietary habits, educational level, and other characteristics were collected at baseline using standardised questionnaires. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: dietary habits collected for the EPIC study, grouped by food type and summarised by a Mediterranean dietary index. RESULTS: We observed differences in dietary habits and in lifestyle habits by fertile of educational level. Principally, we noticed a positive association between higher education and healthy dietary habits (reduction in intake of processed meat, bread and rice, sweet drinks; increase in intake of fruit and vegetables, yoghurt, fish, olive oil, and tea). CONCLUSION: A relationship between educational level and dietary habits is confirmed also in Italy, even if differences due to gender and residence area are present. This study shows an important role of dietary habits in health inequalities of the population with lower socioeconomic status.
| Original language | Italian |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 315-321 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Epidemiologia e prevenzione |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 5-6 |
| Publication status | Published - Sep 1 2015 |
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- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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Abitudini alimentari e disuguaglianze sociali : L'esperienza della collaborazione epic-italia. / Ricceri, Fulvio; Giraudo, Maria Teresa; Sieri, Sabina; Pala, Valeria; Masala, Giovanna; Ermini, Llaria; Giurdanella, Maria Concetta; Martorana, Caterina; Mattiello, Amalia; Chiodini, Paolo; Vineis, Paolo; Sacerdote, Carlotta.
In: Epidemiologia e prevenzione, Vol. 39, No. 5-6, 01.09.2015, p. 315-321.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Abitudini alimentari e disuguaglianze sociali
T2 - L'esperienza della collaborazione epic-italia
AU - Ricceri, Fulvio
AU - Giraudo, Maria Teresa
AU - Sieri, Sabina
AU - Pala, Valeria
AU - Masala, Giovanna
AU - Ermini, Llaria
AU - Giurdanella, Maria Concetta
AU - Martorana, Caterina
AU - Mattiello, Amalia
AU - Chiodini, Paolo
AU - Vineis, Paolo
AU - Sacerdote, Carlotta
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - OBJECTIVES: To investigate the impact of socioeconomic status on dietary habits in Italy. DESIGN: large Italian multicentric prospective cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: more than 45,000 subjects recruited between 1993 and 1998 in five Italian centres (Turin, Varese, Florence, Naples, and Ragusa). Dietary habits, educational level, and other characteristics were collected at baseline using standardised questionnaires. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: dietary habits collected for the EPIC study, grouped by food type and summarised by a Mediterranean dietary index. RESULTS: We observed differences in dietary habits and in lifestyle habits by fertile of educational level. Principally, we noticed a positive association between higher education and healthy dietary habits (reduction in intake of processed meat, bread and rice, sweet drinks; increase in intake of fruit and vegetables, yoghurt, fish, olive oil, and tea). CONCLUSION: A relationship between educational level and dietary habits is confirmed also in Italy, even if differences due to gender and residence area are present. This study shows an important role of dietary habits in health inequalities of the population with lower socioeconomic status.
AB - OBJECTIVES: To investigate the impact of socioeconomic status on dietary habits in Italy. DESIGN: large Italian multicentric prospective cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: more than 45,000 subjects recruited between 1993 and 1998 in five Italian centres (Turin, Varese, Florence, Naples, and Ragusa). Dietary habits, educational level, and other characteristics were collected at baseline using standardised questionnaires. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: dietary habits collected for the EPIC study, grouped by food type and summarised by a Mediterranean dietary index. RESULTS: We observed differences in dietary habits and in lifestyle habits by fertile of educational level. Principally, we noticed a positive association between higher education and healthy dietary habits (reduction in intake of processed meat, bread and rice, sweet drinks; increase in intake of fruit and vegetables, yoghurt, fish, olive oil, and tea). CONCLUSION: A relationship between educational level and dietary habits is confirmed also in Italy, even if differences due to gender and residence area are present. This study shows an important role of dietary habits in health inequalities of the population with lower socioeconomic status.
KW - Diet
KW - Education
KW - Epic study
KW - Relative index of inequality
KW - Socioeconomic status
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VL - 39
SP - 315
EP - 321
JO - Epidemiologia e prevenzione
JF - Epidemiologia e prevenzione
SN - 1120-9763
IS - 5-6
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