Differences in food consumption between men and women interviewed by Vigitel telephone survey

• Published in: Revista brasileira em promoção da saúde = Brazilian journal in health promotion 2017-01, Vol.30 (3)
• Main Authors: Durante, Gabriela Dalcin, Lenir Vaz Guimarães, Neuber, José Segri, Maria Sílvia Amicucci Soares Martins, Deborah Carvalho Malta
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adults; Beans; Bivariate analysis; Demographic variables; Demographics; Economic factors; Education; Ethnicity; Markers; Meals; Meat; Men; Snack foods; Social factors; Socioeconomic factors; Statistical tests; Vegetables; Women
• ISSN: 1806-1222; 1806-1230
• DOI: 10.5020/18061230.2017.6165

Objective: To analyze the frequency of consumption of healthy and unhealthy diet markers among adult men and women and the associated demographic and socioeconomic factors. Methods: Cross-sectional population-based study with data from the Telephone-based Surveillance of Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases (Vigitel). A total of 1,005 adults (400 men and 605 women) aged 20 to 59 years living in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, were interviewed between February and December 2014. The study variables were the consumption of healthy and unhealthy diet markers, and demographic and socioeconomic variables. Data underwent bivariate analysis using the chi-squared test (Rao-Scott) and linear trend test. Results: Participants’ mean age was 37.9 years for women and 36.3 years for men. In all, 50.9% (n=605) of the participants were women, 60.0% (n=455) were young adults aged 20 to 39 years, and black or parda ethnicity (69.7%; n= 569). Higher regular consumption of fruit and vegetables was observed among women (p=0.01), among those with higher levels of education and white ethnicity, and higher consumption of beans was found among men (p=0.04). The consumption of meat with excess fat was higher among men (p