Affiliation:
1. Nutrition Department Federal University of Pernambuco Recife Brazil
2. Nutrition School Antioquia University Antioquia Colombia
3. Nursing Faculty CES University Antioquia Colombia
4. Vitória Academic Center Federal University of Pernambuco Recife Brazil
Abstract
AbstractBackgroundThe present study aimed to describe the dietary patterns of a population from Brazil and another from Colombia with respect to understanding their determinants, similarities and differences.MethodsAn analytical cross‐sectional study was conducted based on secondary data. The dietary patterns of the adult population of Pernambuco, Brazil, as well as those of the adult population of Antioquia, Colombia, were analysed using principal component analysis method with orthogonal varimax rotation, and a Poisson regression with robust variance was used to verify the association between eating patterns and socio‐economic variables.ResultsIn each population, three eating patterns were identified. One of them related to healthy eating, named “Prudent”, was identified in the two populations analysed. In Pernambuco, a food pattern consisting exclusively of foods with some degree of processing was verified, entitled “Processed”. The food culture was reflected in the pattern called “Traditional‐Regional” in Pernambuco and the “Traditional” and “Regional” patterns in Antioquia.ConclusionsIncome, education, age, family size, food security status and area of residence were presented as determinants of dietary patterns in both populations. Elements of the food transition were found, which seems to have happened more rapidly in Pernambuco. The food groups that make up the dietary patterns of each population are similar, but the foods that constitute them present differences due to their availability depending on aspects such as climate, soil quality, access to water, local culture and food tradition.
Funder
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Subject
Nutrition and Dietetics,Medicine (miscellaneous)
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