Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia.
Nutrients. 2019 Jan 10;11(1):135. doi: 10.3390/nu11010135.
Socioeconomic status and nutrition knowledge are the determining factors of food choices. However, their relationship with diet quality is ambiguous among aboriginal women in Malaysia. Henceforth, the objective of this study was to examine diet quality and its predictors among the aboriginal women from the Mah Meri ethnic group in Malaysia. Data on socioeconomic characteristics, nutrition knowledge, and 24-h dietary recalls were obtained through face-to-face interviews with the respondents. Household food insecurity was assessed using Radimer/Cornell Hunger and Food Insecurity Instrument. The Malaysian Healthy Eating Index (HEI) was used to measure the diet quality of this population. The overall diet quality of the respondents was poor, with a mean Malaysian HEI score of 45.3%. Household income ( = 0.242, < 0.001) and nutrition knowledge ( = 0.150, < 0.05) were positively correlated with diet quality. More importantly, the predictors of diet quality were marital status ( = 0.181, < 0.01), household income ( = 0.237, < 0.001), food security status ( = -0.151, < 0.01), and fat intake ( = -0.438, < 0.001). Women being married and those with higher household income was associated with a better diet quality among Malaysian aborigines.
社会经济地位和营养知识是食物选择的决定因素。然而，在马来西亚的原住民妇女中，它们与饮食质量的关系尚不清楚。因此，本研究的目的是检验马来西亚梅美尔族原住民妇女的饮食质量及其预测因素。通过与受访者进行面对面访谈获得了社会经济特征、营养知识和 24 小时膳食回忆的数据。使用 Radimer/Cornell 饥饿和食物不安全工具评估家庭食物不安全状况。使用马来西亚健康饮食指数 (HEI) 来衡量这一人群的饮食质量。受访者的整体饮食质量较差，马来西亚 HEI 平均得分为 45.3%。家庭收入（=0.242，<0.001）和营养知识（=0.150，<0.05）与饮食质量呈正相关。更重要的是，饮食质量的预测因素是婚姻状况（=0.181，<0.01）、家庭收入（=0.237，<0.001）、食物安全状况（= -0.151，<0.01）和脂肪摄入量（= -0.438，<0.001）。已婚妇女和家庭收入较高的妇女与马来西亚原住民的更好的饮食质量有关。
