title: Sociodemographic determinants in Australia of the intake of food and nutrients implicated in cancer aetiology.
abstract: In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the role that diet can play in the promotion, retardation or amelioration of the cancer process. This has led to the development of dietary guidelines for cancer prevention by health authorities in several Western societies. However, there is still limited information about the sociodemographic determinants of intake of foods and nutrients of interest in many of these countries. A study of the dietary intake of a random sample of residents of the State of Victoria in Australia showed that women, those in the older age groups and in the higher occupational ranks, had diets more in line with current recommendations for cancer prevention--the most marked differences being between men and women. However, the sociodemographic differences were relatively small compared with the low rate of overall compliance with the guidelines.
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Division of Human Nutrition, Kintore, Adelaide, SA.
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Baghurst
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Record
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Baghurst
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Syrette
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Worsley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001628:Beverages; D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009753:Nutritive Value; D011897:Random Allocation; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014739:Victoria
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats