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Dietary intake and health behaviors among 122,058 eastern Chinese women included daily vegetable and fruit consumption in 68.1%, regular exercise in 31.4%, and tobacco smoking in 1.6%.
Cross-Sectional (n=122,058)
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Eastern Chinese women reported relatively healthy dietary habits and low rates of tobacco and alcohol use, though regular physical exercise was also low.
Characterizes dietary risks in eastern Chinese women; leaves open whether interventions can reduce DR-NCD burden.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Urbanization in China has increased the prevalence of high-fat and low-fiber diets, and of adverse health behaviors associated with an increased risk of diet-related, non-communicable diseases (DR-NCDs) in eastern Chinese women. This study aimed to characterize the dietary intake and health behaviors in eastern Chinese women. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective data of 122,058 women aged 25 to 70 who completed a multi-staged, stratified, cluster sampling epidemiological survey in eastern China in 2008, including self-report of diet and lifestyle information (sleep, physical activity, work, etc.). The survey included food groups (on a 4-point scale from daily to rarely) and health behaviors. RESULTS: Of 122,058 surveyed women, 2008 (1.6%) smoked tobacco, 4326 (3.5%) consumed alcohol, 10,274 (8.4%) reported insomnia, and 38,305 (31.4%) exercised regularly. Consumption was most commonly reported as daily for vegetables/fruits (68.1%); 3-4/week for garlic (31.7%); 1-2/week for bean products (39.4%), red meat (40.8%), corn (36.6%), and carrots (41.9%); and rarely for milk products (46.4%), fried food (42.1%) and charcuterie (55.8%). CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests some overall positive lower rates of tobacco use, alcohol consumption and insomnia than reported previously, but physical exercise was also decreased. Dietary habits were relatively healthy.
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Wang et al. (2017) reported a cross-sectional. Dietary intake and health behaviors was evaluated on Prevalence of health behaviors and dietary habits. Dietary intake and health behaviors among 122,058 eastern Chinese women included daily vegetable and fruit consumption in 68.1%, regular exercise in 31.4%, and tobacco smoking in 1.6%.
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