Socioeconomic Differences in Dietary Patterns in an East African Country: Evidence from the Republic of Seychelles

Mayén, Ana-Lucia; Bovet, Pascal; Marti-Soler, Helena; Viswanathan, Bharathi; Gedeon, Jude; Paccaud, Fred; Marques-Vidal, Pedro; Stringhini, Silvia

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0155617

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Socioeconomic Differences in Dietary Patterns in an East African Country: Evidence from the Republic of Seychelles

ContributorsMayén, Ana-Lucia; Bovet, Pascal; Marti-Soler, Helena; Viswanathan, Bharathi; Gedeon, Jude; Paccaud, Fred; Marques-Vidal, Pedro; Stringhini, Silvia

Published inPLOS ONE, vol. 11, no. 5, e0155617

Publication date2016

Abstract

In high income countries, low socioeconomic status (SES) is related to unhealthier dietary patterns, while evidence on the social patterning of diet in low and middle income countries is scarce.

Keywords

Adult
Africa
Eastern/epidemiology
Beverages/statistics & numerical data
Diet/statistics & numerical data
Diet Surveys/statistics & numerical data
Feeding Behavior/ethnology
Female
Fruit
Humans
Income
Male
Middle Aged
Seychelles/epidemiology
Social Class
Socioeconomic Factors
Vegetables

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Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation - Socioeconomic status and cardio-metabolic disease: an epidemiological perspective on the biology of social adversity [PZ00P3_147998]

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MAYÉN, Ana-Lucia et al. Socioeconomic Differences in Dietary Patterns in an East African Country: Evidence from the Republic of Seychelles. In: PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, n° 5, p. e0155617. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155617

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PID : unige:156788
DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0155617
PMID : 27214139

Commercial URLhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4877066/

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Socioeconomic Differences in Dietary Patterns in an East African Country: Evidence from the Republic of Seychelles

In high income countries, low socioeconomic status (SES) is related to unhealthier dietary patterns, while evidence on the social patterning of diet in low and middle income countries is scarce.

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