title: Residential area deprivation predicts fruit and vegetable consumption independently of individual educational level and occupational social class: a cross sectional population study in the Norfolk cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC-Norfolk).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the independent association between individual and area based socioeconomic measures and fruit and vegetable consumption.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross sectional population based study.
  
  
  METHODS
  22,562 men and women aged 39-79 years living in the general community in Norfolk, United Kingdom, recruited using general practice age-sex registers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fruit and vegetable intake assessed using a food frequency questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Being in a manual occupational social class, having no educational qualifications, and living in a deprived area all independently predicted significantly lower consumption of fruit and vegetables. The effect of residential area deprivation was predominantly in those in manual occupational social class and no educational qualifications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Understanding some of the community level barriers to changing health related behaviours may lead to more effective interventions to improving health in the whole community, particularly those who are most vulnerable.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Shamarina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shohaimi
authors.forename: Ailsa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Welch
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bingham
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luben
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wareham
authors.forename: Kay-Tee
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Khaw
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004034:Diet Surveys; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014675:Vegetables