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Association of education with dietary intake among young adults in the bi-ethnic Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) cohort

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2006

SL Archer ,
JE Hilner ,
AR Dyer ,
KJ Greenlund ,
LA Colangelo ,
CI Kiefe  and
K Liu
SL Archer*
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 680 N. Lake Shore Drive, #1102, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
JE Hilner
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
AR Dyer
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 680 N. Lake Shore Drive, #1102, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
KJ Greenlund
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
LA Colangelo
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 680 N. Lake Shore Drive, #1102, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
CI Kiefe
Affiliation:
University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA
K Liu
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 680 N. Lake Shore Drive, #1102, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
*
*Corresponding author: Email s-archer@northwestern.edu
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Abstract

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Objective:

To examine associations of changes in dietary intake with education in young black and white men and women.

Design:

The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, a multi-centre population-based prospective study. Dietary intake data at baseline and year 7 were obtained from an extensive nutritionist-administered diet history questionnaire with 700 items developed for CARDIA.

Setting:

Participants were recruited in 1985–1986 from four sites: Birmingham, Alabama; Chicago, Illinois; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Oakland, California.

Subjects:

Participants were from a general community sample of 703 black men (BM), 1006 black women (BW), 963 white men (WM) and 1054 white women (WW) who were aged 18–30 years at baseline. Analyses here include data for baseline (1985–1986) and year 7 (1992–1993).

Results:

Most changes in dietary intake were observed among those with high education (≥ 12 years) at both examinations. There was a significant decrease in intake of energy from saturated fat and cholesterol and a significant increase in energy from starch for each race-gender group (P < 0.001). Regardless of education, taste was considered an important influence on food choice.

Conclusion:

The inverse relationship of education with changes in saturated fat and cholesterol intakes suggests that national public health campaigns may have a greater impact among those with more education.

Keywords

EducationDietary choicesNutrient intakes

Information

Type
Research Article
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 6 , Issue 7 , October 2003 , pp. 689 - 695
Copyright
Copyright © CABI Publishing 2003

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