Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia.
Public Health Nutr. 2011 Mar;14(3):523-31. doi: 10.1017/S1368980010003022. Epub 2010 Dec 10.
Foods prepared outside of the home have been linked to less-than-ideal nutrient profiles for health. We examine whether the locations where meals are prepared and consumed are associated with socio-economic predictors among women.
A cross-sectional study using self-reported data. We examined multiple locations where meals are prepared and consumed: (i) at home; (ii) fast food eaten at home; (iii) fast food eaten at the restaurant; (iv) total fast food; (v) non-fast-food restaurant meals eaten at home; (vi) non-fast-food restaurant meals eaten at the restaurant; and (vii) all non-fast-food restaurant meals. Multilevel logistic regression was used to determine whether frequent consumption of meals from these sources varied by level of education, occupation, household income and area-level disadvantage.
Metropolitan Melbourne, Australia.
A total of 1328 women from forty-five neighbourhoods randomly sampled for the SocioEconomic Status and Activity in Women study.
Those with higher educational qualifications or who were not in the workforce (compared with those in professional employment) were more likely to report frequent consumption of meals prepared and consumed at home. High individual- and area-level socio-economic characteristics were associated with a lower likelihood of frequent consumption of fast food and a higher likelihood of frequent consumption of meals from non-fast-food sources. The strength and significance of relationships varied by place of consumption.
The source of meal preparation and consumption varied by socio-economic predictors. This has implications for policy makers who need to continue to campaign to make healthy alternatives available in out-of-home food sources.
在家以外准备的食物与不太理想的健康营养状况有关。我们研究了准备和食用食物的地点是否与女性的社会经济预测因素有关。
一项使用自我报告数据的横断面研究。我们检查了多个准备和食用食物的地点：(i)在家；(ii)在家中食用的快餐；(iii)在餐厅食用的快餐；(iv)快餐总量；(v)在家中食用的非快餐餐厅餐食；(vi)在餐厅食用的非快餐餐厅餐食；以及 (vii)所有非快餐餐厅餐食。使用多级逻辑回归来确定这些来源的经常食用情况是否因教育程度、职业、家庭收入和地区劣势水平而异。
澳大利亚墨尔本大都市区。
来自社会经济地位和妇女活动研究的四十五个街区的总共 1328 名女性。
那些具有较高教育程度或没有工作（与从事专业工作的人相比）的人更有可能报告经常在家中准备和食用餐食。个人和地区的较高社会经济特征与经常食用快餐的可能性较低和经常食用非快餐来源的可能性较高相关。关系的强度和显著性因消费地点而异。
餐食准备和食用的来源因社会经济预测因素而异。这对政策制定者具有影响，他们需要继续努力使外食中的健康替代品更容易获得。
