Dietary Habits of Older Adults in Serbia: Findings From the National Health Survey
| Autor: | Andja Cirkovic, Verica Jovanovic, Dragana Milan Stosovic, Nadja Vasiljevic, Dragana Davidovic, Katarina Paunovic |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
030309 nutrition & dietetics Population socioeconomic factors Logistic regression 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Secondary analysis 11. Sustainability medicine Animals 030212 general & internal medicine education Socioeconomic status dietary habits older adults Original Research 2. Zero hunger National health 0303 health sciences education.field_of_study business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Feeding Behavior age groups Health Surveys 3. Good health Diet Cross-Sectional Studies Younger adults Public Health Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 business Serbia Urban environment Demography |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021) Frontiers in Public Health |
| ISSN: | 2296-2565 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2021.610873 |
| Popis: | Objectives: Adults aged 65 years and older comprise one fifth of the Serbian population. Many of them have multiple, often diet-related comorbidities. We aimed to investigate their dietary habits by comparing them with younger adults' and to determine the relation of the differing ones to demographic, socioeconomic and health factors.Methods: We performed a secondary analysis of 2013 Serbian National Health Survey data on 14,082 adults. Binary logistic regression was used to determine dietary habits associated with older age (≥65 years) compared to younger age (18–64 years) and to assess their independent predictors in older adults.Results: Older adults more often reported everyday breakfast (OR = 2.085, 95%CI = 1.622–2.680) and brown/wholegrain bread consumption (OR = 1.681, 95% CI = 1.537–1.839), while using margarine (OR = 0.578, 95%CI = 0.397–0.839), discretionary salt (sometimes: OR = 0.648, 95%CI = 0.596–0.705, almost always: OR = 0.522, 95%CI = 0.445–0.614) and consuming fish (two or more times a week: OR = 0.465, 95%CI = 0.383–0.566) less frequently than younger adults. This was mainly positively related to urban environment, affluence, higher education and poor health.Conclusion: Using nationally representative data, we found that older adults reported healthier dietary habits compared to younger adults, which requires timely public health action. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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