Socio-economic position and lower dietary moderation among Chinese immigrant women in the USA.
Socio-economic position and lower dietary moderation among Chinese immigrant women in the USA.
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美国华人移民女性的社会经济地位和较低的饮食节制。
DOI：
10.1017/s1368980011001820
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Fang,CarolynY
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文献类型：
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作者：
Tseng,Marilyn;Fang,CarolynY
目的在中国移民妇女样本中，检验教育和职业作为社会经济地位(SEP)的指标与膳食摄入量和饮食质量的关系。研究对象为美国宾夕法尼亚州费城。研究对象为2005年10月至2008年4月招募的423名华裔移民女性。结果在多因素模型中，受教育程度和职业类别均与较高的能量密度、能量和糖的摄入量显著相关。文化程度与摄入含糖饮料(P=0.01)和较低的饮食节制(P=0.01)有关。根据受教育程度和职业进行联合分类，我们观察到显著的趋势是能量密度高(P=0.004)，能量(P=0.001)和糖(P=0.04)的摄入量较高，但饮食节制程度较低(P=0.02)，SEP较高。结论在这一美国华裔移民样本中，受教育程度和职业类别显示的SEP较高与饮食摄入量的差异和饮食节制程度较低有关。虽然在高收入国家，较高的SEP通常与更健康的饮食有关，但在这些移民中，SEP与饮食的联系遵循其原籍国的模式--一个正在经历营养转型的低收入国家。
ObjectiveTo examine associations of education and occupation, as indicators of socio-economic position (SEP), with dietary intake and diet quality in a sample of Chinese immigrant women.DesignCross-sectional. Data collection included four days of dietary recalls and information on education and current occupation for participants and their spouses.SettingPhiladelphia, PA, USA.SubjectsChinese immigrant women (n 423) recruited from October 2005 to April 2008.ResultsIn multivariate models, both higher education level and occupation category were significantly associated with higher energy density and intake of energy and sugar. Education was additionally associated with intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (P = 0·01) and lower dietary moderation (P = 0·01). With joint categorization based on both education and occupation, we observed significant trends indicating higher energy density (P = 0·004) and higher intake of energy (P = 0·001) and sugar (P = 0·04), but less dietary moderation (P = 0·02) with higher SEP.ConclusionsIn this sample of US Chinese immigrants, higher SEP as indicated by education level and occupation category was associated with differences in dietary intake and with less dietary moderation. While higher SEP is typically linked to healthier diet in higher-income nations, in these immigrants the association of SEP with diet follows the pattern of their country of origin – a lower-income country undergoing the nutrition transition.