Satia J A, Patterson R E, Kristal A R, Hislop T G, Pineda M
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Cancer Prevention Research Program, 1100 Fairview Avenue N., MP-702, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA.
Public Health Nutr. 2001 Apr;4(2):241-7. doi: 10.1079/phn200097.
To determine whether a short set of questions about foods in the household can provide information about the fat-related dietary behaviour of individual household members in less-acculturated Chinese populations.
Cross-sectional survey.
The study population included 244 adult females of Chinese ethnicity in Seattle, WA, and Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Bilingual interviewers collected information on the presence of 14 high-fat foods and seven reduced-fat foods in the household. Respondents were also asked about the consumption of foods and behaviour reflective of adoption of Western dietary practices, fat-related dietary behaviour, changes in consumption of high-fat foods since immigration, and sociodemographic characteristics.
Although this was a less-acculturated sample, many households had Western foods such as butter (58%), lunchmeats (36%), snack chips (43%), and 1% or skim milk (48%). Households with respondents who were younger, married, employed outside the home, and lived with young children had significantly more high-fat foods, while high education and longer percentage of life in North America were significantly associated with having more reduced-fat foods (P , or = 0.05). Participants living in households with more high-fat foods had higher-fat dietary behaviour than those with fewer high-fat foods (fat-related dietary behaviour score, 1.54 versus 1.28; P < 0.001). Women in households with more reduced-fat foods had a significantly decreased consumption of high-fat foods since immigration compared with those in households with fewer reduced-fat foods (P < 0.001). Western dietary acculturation was higher among women in households both with more high-fat foods and more reduced-fat food counterparts (P < or = 0.05).
Our inventory of household foods was strongly associated with current dietary behaviour, changes in food consumption, and westernization of dietary patterns. This simple, practical measure may be a useful alternative dietary assessment tool in less-acculturated Chinese populations.
确定一组关于家庭食物的简短问题能否为较少受文化影响的中国人群中个体家庭成员与脂肪相关的饮食行为提供信息。
横断面调查。
研究人群包括华盛顿州西雅图市和加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华市的244名成年华裔女性。
双语访员收集了家庭中14种高脂肪食物和7种低脂食物的存在情况信息。还询问了受访者关于食物消费以及反映采用西方饮食习惯、与脂肪相关的饮食行为、移民后高脂肪食物消费变化和社会人口学特征的行为。
尽管这是一个较少受文化影响的样本，但许多家庭有黄油（58%）、午餐肉（36%）、薯片（43%）和1%或脱脂牛奶（48%）等西方食物。有年轻、已婚、在外工作且与幼儿同住的受访者的家庭有显著更多的高脂肪食物，而高学历和在北美生活的较长时间百分比与有更多低脂食物显著相关（P≤0.05）。生活在高脂肪食物较多家庭的参与者比高脂肪食物较少家庭的参与者有更高脂肪的饮食行为（与脂肪相关的饮食行为得分，1.54对1.28；P<0.001）。与低脂食物较少家庭的女性相比，低脂食物较多家庭的女性自移民以来高脂肪食物的消费量显著下降（P<0.001）。在高脂肪食物和低脂食物都较多的家庭中，女性的西方饮食文化适应程度更高（P≤0.05）。
我们的家庭食物清单与当前饮食行为、食物消费变化和饮食模式的西化密切相关。这种简单实用的措施可能是较少受文化影响的中国人群中一种有用的替代饮食评估工具。
