Monetary Diet Cost, Diet Quality, and Parental Socioeconomic Status in Spanish Youth

Helmut Schröder, Santiago F Gomez, Lourdes Ribas-Barba, Carmen Pérez-Rodrigo, Rowaedh Ahmed Bawaked, Montserrat Fíto and Lluis Serra-Majem

PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, issue 9, 1-13

Abstract: Background: Using a food-based analysis, healthy dietary patterns in adults are more expensive than less healthy ones; studies are needed in youth. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to determine relationships between monetary daily diet cost, diet quality, and parental socioeconomic status. Design and Methods: Data were obtained from a representative national sample of 3534 children and young people in Spain, aged 2 to 24 years. Dietary assessment was performed with a 24-hour recall. Mediterranean diet adherence was measured by the KIDMED questionnaire. Average food cost was calculated from official Spanish government data. Monetary daily diet cost was expressed as euros per day (€/d) and euros per day standardized to a 1000kcal diet (€/1000kcal/d). Results: Mean monetary daily diet cost was 3.16±1.57€/d (1.56±0.72€/1000kcal/d). Socioeconomic status was positively associated with monetary daily diet cost and diet quality measured by the KIDMED index (€/d and €/1000kcal/d, p

Date: 2016
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