Dietary quality of elders and children is interdependent in Taiwanese communities: a NAHSIT mapping study.
Dietary quality may exhibit intergenerational associations in Taiwanese communities. Nutrition and Health Surveys in Taiwan (NAHSIT) for children and elders (1999-2002) were mapped for coincident locality and ethnicity with Geo-Gadget. Communities were characterized ecologically. Dietary quality was assessed by the Youth Healthy Eating Index-Taiwan (YHEI-TW) for children and Overall Dietary Index-Revised (ODI-R) for elders. Hierarchical regression analysis was used. Elderly ODI-R was linked with the overall child YHEI-TW (p < .001). When ODI-R increased 1 unit, the child YHEI-TW improved 0.232 and 0.134 YHEI-TW units with men and women, respectively. Dietary quality of community elders is related to that of children.
a Division of Prevention Medicine and Health Services Research , Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes , Taiwan , Republic of China.
Mark L
ML
Wahlqvist
Lin-Yuan
LY
Huang
Meei-Shyuan
MS
Lee
Po-Huang
PH
Chiang
Yu-Hung
YH
Chang
Allison P
AP
Tsao
D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004032:Diet / Q000592:standards*; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008297:Male; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D013624:Taiwan