title: Predictors of usage and fatty acid composition of cooking fats in Bogotá, Colombia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine correlates of home usage of commercially available cooking fats in Bogotá, Colombia and to determine their fatty acid composition.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Bogotá, Colombia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A representative sample of low- and middle-income families (n 2408).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The types of fat primarily used for cooking at home were mixed vegetable oils (66 %), sunflower oil (21 %) and other oils/fats including margarine (13 %). In multivariate analysis, usage of sunflower oil as the primary cooking fat was positively related to home ownership, age of the father and health as a reason for choosing the main cooking fat, and inversely associated with the number of people per room and an index of household food insecurity. The trans fat content of sunflower oil was unexpectedly higher (mean 4.2 %, range 2.2-8.6) than that of the vegetable mixture oils (mean 3.1 %, range 1.1-6.5).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vegetable oils are the primary home cooking fats in Bogotá, Colombia. Higher socio-economic status is associated with usage of sunflower oil. Paradoxically, oblivious to the higher trans content of sunflower oil and the negligible amount of n-3 fatty acids, families commonly reported 'health' as a reason to choose sunflower over other oils.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA. ana_baylin@brown.edu
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baylin
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mora-Plazas
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cobos-de Rangel
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lopez-Arana
authors.forename: Hannia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Villamor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002079:Butter / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003105:Colombia; D003296:Cooking / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000032:analysis; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D000074242:Sunflower Oil; D044242:Trans Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010938:Plant Oils; D000074242:Sunflower Oil; D044242:Trans Fatty Acids; D002079:Butter