Portuguese households' diet quality (adherence to Mediterranean food pattern and compliance with WHO population dietary goals): trends, regional disparities and socioeconomic determinants

Objective: To evaluate households' diet-quality trends and regional disparities, as well as to identify the influence of its socioeconomic determinants. Methods/Subjects: Two dietary indexes were applied: a revised Healthy Diet Indicator version (HDIr) and the Mediterranean Adequacy Index (MAI)...

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Published in:	European journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 62; no. 11; pp. 1263 - 1272
Main Authors:	Rodrigues, S.S.P, Caraher, M, Trichopoulou, A, Almeida, M.D.V. de
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01-11-2008 Nature Publishing Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	Adequacy Adolescent Adult Aged Biological and medical sciences Child Clinical Nutrition Costs and Cost Analysis Diet Diet - economics Diet - standards Diet, Mediterranean - statistics & numerical data dietary recommendations dietary surveys eating habits Economic aspects Education Epidemiology Expenditures Family Characteristics Feeding Behavior - ethnology Feeding. Feeding behavior Female Food food choices Food habits Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology geographical variation Health Promotion - methods Households Humans Indexing Internal Medicine Logistic Models Male Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mediterranean diet Metabolic Diseases Middle Aged Multivariate analysis Nutrient deficiency Nutrition Nutrition Policy nutritional adequacy original-article Patient Compliance - statistics & numerical data Portugal Public Health Seasons Social aspects sociodemographic characteristics Socioeconomic Factors socioeconomic status Socioeconomics Trends Urban areas Urbanization Valleys Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems World Health Organization Young Adult Portugal Europe WHO goals household budget survey Mediterranean diet socioeconomic determinants Portugal diet quality Socioeconomic status Determinant Household Metabolic diseases Adhesion Feeding Survey Diet Surveillance Quality Food WHO
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