Dietary Intakes of Adults in the Netherlands by Childhood and Adulthood Socioeconomic Position

Objective: To examine the influence of individual- and area-level socioeconomic characteristics on food choice behaviour and dietary intake. Setting: The city of Eindhoven in the south-eastern Netherlands. Design: 1339 men and women aged 25-79 years were sampled from 85 areas (mean number of participants per area n = 18.4, range 2-49). Information on socioeconomic position (SEP) and diet was collected by structured face-to-face interviews (response rate 79.3%). Individual-level SEP was measured by education and household income, and area-level deprivation was measured using a composite index t... Mehr ...