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Dietary Habits of Older Adults in Serbia: Findings From the National Health Survey
- Source :
- Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021), Frontiers in Public Health
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media SA, 2021.
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Abstract
- Objectives: Adults aged 65 years and older comprise one fifth of the Serbian population. Many of them have multiple, often diet-related comorbidities. We aimed to investigate their dietary habits by comparing them with younger adults' and to determine the relation of the differing ones to demographic, socioeconomic and health factors.Methods: We performed a secondary analysis of 2013 Serbian National Health Survey data on 14,082 adults. Binary logistic regression was used to determine dietary habits associated with older age (≥65 years) compared to younger age (18–64 years) and to assess their independent predictors in older adults.Results: Older adults more often reported everyday breakfast (OR = 2.085, 95%CI = 1.622–2.680) and brown/wholegrain bread consumption (OR = 1.681, 95% CI = 1.537–1.839), while using margarine (OR = 0.578, 95%CI = 0.397–0.839), discretionary salt (sometimes: OR = 0.648, 95%CI = 0.596–0.705, almost always: OR = 0.522, 95%CI = 0.445–0.614) and consuming fish (two or more times a week: OR = 0.465, 95%CI = 0.383–0.566) less frequently than younger adults. This was mainly positively related to urban environment, affluence, higher education and poor health.Conclusion: Using nationally representative data, we found that older adults reported healthier dietary habits compared to younger adults, which requires timely public health action.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
030309 nutrition & dietetics
Population
socioeconomic factors
Logistic regression
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Secondary analysis
11. Sustainability
medicine
Animals
030212 general & internal medicine
education
Socioeconomic status
dietary habits
older adults
Original Research
2. Zero hunger
National health
0303 health sciences
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Feeding Behavior
age groups
Health Surveys
3. Good health
Diet
Cross-Sectional Studies
Younger adults
Public Health
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
business
Serbia
Urban environment
Demography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22962565
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a5cd653882854e8a3015f4ed5dff9c48
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.610873