TY - JOUR
T1 - Disparities in dietary habits and physical activity in Denmark and trends from 1995 to 2008.
AU - Groth, Margit Velsing
AU - Sørensen, Mette Rosenlund
AU - Matthiessen, Jeppe
AU - Fagt, Sisse
AU - Landvad, Niels
AU - Knudsen, Vibeke Kildegaard
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In all analyses, both diet quality and physical inactivity differed systematically with educational group and with healthier habits for the group with long education. Only for alcohol habits was an opposite social gradient seen. Disparities persisted over all time periods. The analyses using "The Concentration Index" did not change any of the conclusions. Gender also influenced diet quality. Men had dietary and alcohol habits furthest away from the guidelines. A trend of healthier habits was also found over the time period. CONCLUSIONS SOCIAL DISPARITIES IN DIET QUALITY AND LEISURE-TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WERE SEEN FOR ALL EXAMINED TIME PERIODS AND WITH NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THEREFORE, THERE IS NO SUPPORT TO THE HYPOTHESIS OF WIDENING SOCIAL DISPARITIES IN ALL EDUCATIONAL GROUPS SOME IMPROVEMENT OF DIETARY HABITS WAS FOUND, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE FOODS WHERE COMPREHENSIVE INITIATIVES HAD TAKEN PLACE HOWEVER, SOCIAL DISPARITIES STILL EXIST THERE IS AN ONGOING NEED TO ADDRESS THESE DISPARITIES IN ORDER TO REDUCE SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN HEALTH:
AB - In all analyses, both diet quality and physical inactivity differed systematically with educational group and with healthier habits for the group with long education. Only for alcohol habits was an opposite social gradient seen. Disparities persisted over all time periods. The analyses using "The Concentration Index" did not change any of the conclusions. Gender also influenced diet quality. Men had dietary and alcohol habits furthest away from the guidelines. A trend of healthier habits was also found over the time period. CONCLUSIONS SOCIAL DISPARITIES IN DIET QUALITY AND LEISURE-TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WERE SEEN FOR ALL EXAMINED TIME PERIODS AND WITH NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THEREFORE, THERE IS NO SUPPORT TO THE HYPOTHESIS OF WIDENING SOCIAL DISPARITIES IN ALL EDUCATIONAL GROUPS SOME IMPROVEMENT OF DIETARY HABITS WAS FOUND, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE FOODS WHERE COMPREHENSIVE INITIATIVES HAD TAKEN PLACE HOWEVER, SOCIAL DISPARITIES STILL EXIST THERE IS AN ONGOING NEED TO ADDRESS THESE DISPARITIES IN ORDER TO REDUCE SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN HEALTH:
KW - DIET
KW - Life style and health
U2 - 10.1177/1403494814547668
DO - 10.1177/1403494814547668
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 25201896
SN - 1403-4948
VL - 42
SP - 611
EP - 620
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
IS - 7
ER -