Adherence to dietary guide for elderly adults and health risks of older adults in ethnic minority areas in China: a cross-sectional study

Mai，Tingyu1; Mo，Chunbao2; Cai，Jiansheng3; He，Haoyu4; Lu，Huaxiang3,5; Tang，Xu3; Chen，Quanhui6; Xu，Xia3; Nong，Chuntao7; Liu，Shuzhen3; Tan，Dechan1; Li，Shengle1; Liu，Qiumei3; Xu，Min3; Li，You1; Bei，Chunhua8; Zhang，Zhiyong1,3

2022-12-01

10.1186/s12889-022-12668-1

BMC Public Health   影响因子和分区

1471-2458

Background: The impact of dietary guidelines on health in ethnic minority regions needs to be further explored because of multiple sociocultural factors. Therefore, this study was conducted to analyze the association between adherence to dietary guidelines and health risks in an elderly population in an ethnic minority region. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 836 older adults in ethnic minority areas. They were asked to describe their daily dietary intake levels through a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. The closeness coefficient for each study subject was calculated by using the technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution (TOPSIS), which measures the adherence to Dietary Guide for Elderly Adults (DGEA). Regression models were used to analyze the association between adherence and health risks. Results: The daily food of the elderly in this area comprised cereals and vegetables. They had low intake of milk, dairy products, and water and high intake of salt. The closeness coefficient for the total population was 0.51, and the adherence of this population to dietary guidelines for the elderly was low. In both the crude model and the models adjusted for covariates, the closeness coefficient was not significantly associated with clinical indicators and health outcomes (p > 0.05). Conclusions: No association was found between adherence to large sample-based dietary guidelines and clinical indicators or health outcomes in ethnic minority populations. The applicability of dietary guidelines to ethnic minority areas and whether they yield the expected health benefits require further study.

Adherence Dietary guide for elderly adults Dietary pattern Ethnic minorities Older adults TOPSIS

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WOS:000758806500005

SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL

2-s2.0-85125157005

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1.Department of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine,School of Public Health,Guilin Medical University,Guilin,Huan Cheng North 2nd Road 109, Guangxi,541004,China
2.School of Medicine,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,Guangdong,518055,China
3.Department of Environmental and Occupational Health,School of Public Health,Guangxi Medical University,Nanning,Guangxi,530021,China
4.Department of Quality Management,The Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology,Guangxi Medical University,Nanning,Guangxi,530021,China
5.Department of Guangxi Science and Technology Major Project,Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Center for Diseases Control and Prevention,Nanning,Guangxi,530028,China
6.Department of Hospital Infection-Control,Liuzhou Workers’ Hospital,Liuzhou,Guangxi,545005,China
7.Nanning Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Nanning,Guangxi,530023,China
8.Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics,School of Public Health,Guilin Medical University,Guilin,Huan Cheng North 2nd Road 109, Guangxi,541004,China

Mai，Tingyu,Mo，Chunbao,Cai，Jiansheng,et al. Adherence to dietary guide for elderly adults and health risks of older adults in ethnic minority areas in China: a cross-sectional study[J]. BMC Public Health,2022,22(1).

Mai，Tingyu.,Mo，Chunbao.,Cai，Jiansheng.,He，Haoyu.,Lu，Huaxiang.,...&Zhang，Zhiyong.(2022).Adherence to dietary guide for elderly adults and health risks of older adults in ethnic minority areas in China: a cross-sectional study.BMC Public Health,22(1).

Mai，Tingyu,et al."Adherence to dietary guide for elderly adults and health risks of older adults in ethnic minority areas in China: a cross-sectional study".BMC Public Health 22.1(2022).