title: Variations in compliance with recommendations and types of meat/seafood/eggs according to sociodemographic and socioeconomic categories.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Strategic goals for meat/seafood/egg consumption include variety and adherence to recommendations while avoiding excessive intake. The aim of this study was to investigate their association with sociodemographic and -economic characteristics in a general population of French adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Dietary intake was assessed using at least six 24-hour dietary records collected during a 2-year period from 4,574 subjects aged 45-60 years who participated in the SU.VI.MAX cohort study from 1995 to 1997. Compliance with the meat/seafood/egg (1-2 servings/day) and the specific seafood (> or =2 servings/week) recommendations, variety and daily costs were compared across sociodemographic and -economic categories using logistic regression and covariance analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compliance with the sea- food recommendation was associated with older age (p(trend)< 0.0001), higher education level (p(trend) = 0.0002) and higher occupational category (p = 0.007). The variety of meat/seafood/egg intake was positively correlated with higher occupational category (p = 0.02) and not living alone (p = 0.01). The meat/seafood/egg budget spent on white meat was higher for younger subjects (p(trend) = 0.007) with a lower education level (p(trend) = 0.001) and occupational category (p = 0.0006). In contrast, fish costs increased with age (p(trend) = 0.002) and education level (p(trend) = 0.0002), while red meat costs were positively correlated with higher occupational category (p = 0.02).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Compliance with recommendations, variety and types of meat/seafood/eggs differed across sociodemographic and -economic categories.
authors.affiliation: U INSERM/U INRA/CNAM/Université Paris, CRNH IdF, France. m.touvier@uren.smbh.univ-paris13.fr
authors.forename: Mathilde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Touvier
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kesse-Guyot
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Méjean
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Estaquio
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Péneau
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hercberg
authors.forename: Katia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Castetbon
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004032:Diet; D004522:Educational Status; D004531:Eggs / Q000191:economics; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000191:economics; D008875:Middle Aged; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D009790:Occupations; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D017747:Seafood / Q000191:economics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors