title: Dietary behaviours and sociocultural demographics in Northern Ireland.
abstract: Subjects aged 16-64 years (592; 258 men and 334 women), randomly selected from the population of Northern Ireland, kept a 7 d weighed record of all food and drink consumed. Social, personal and anthropometric data were also collected. From the weighed records food consumption was described in terms of forty-one food groups. Using principal components analysis, four distinct dietary patterns were generated which were identified as a traditional diet, a cosmopolitan diet, a convenience diet and a 'meat and two veg' diet. These dietary patterns were then correlated with sociocultural, lifestyle and anthropometric variables. It is clear that dietary behaviour is influenced by a number of inter-related sociocultural demographics and that identifiable population groups in Northern Ireland have different dietary behaviours.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Applied Health Studies, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Barker
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: McClean
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Reid
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D015930:Diet Records; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009660:Northern Ireland; D012907:Smoking; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors