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- Title
Food Guide Pagoda and the food safety of women: one-year follow-up study on the effects of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake.
- Authors
Xianglong Xu; Bing Li; Ruixue Bai; Yunshuang Rao; Lingli Liu; Reis, Cesar; Sharma, Manoj; Yong Zhao; Xu, Xianglong; Li, Bing; Bai, Ruixue; Rao, Yunshuang; Liu, Lingli; Zhao, Yong
- Abstract
<bold>Background and Objectives: </bold>Women are a dominant force in the family's diet and nutrition in China. The shortterm effects of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake were found. However, the long-term effects of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake on the food safety, energy, and intake frequency of women remain unclear. This study analyzed the effects of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake on the dietary behaviors of women one year after the earthquake.<bold>Methods and Study Design: </bold>In this cross-sectional study, a total of 207 women were selected using the proportional sampling method. Among them, 91 were from the earthquake-affected area and 116 were from the non-affected area.<bold>Results: </bold>Women from the earthquake-affected area paid significantly more attention to health, diet, food and water safety after the earthquake (p<0.05 for each category) when compared with those from the non-affected area. Women from the earthquake-affected area also had a significantly higher proportion of adequate understanding of low-energy food, properly separated their raw food from cooked food, ate high-energy food, and picky eating habits (p<0.05 for each category) than those from the non-affected area. In addition, women from the earthquake-affected area were more likely to adhere to the 2007 Chinese Food Guide Pagoda (FGP) guidelines for eating rice than those from the non-affected area (OR=2.25, 95% CI [1.13, 4.51]).<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The female survivors of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake preferred high-energy food, paid more attention to food safety, and were more likely to adhere to FGP when compared to those that did not undergo the same tragedy.
- Subjects
CHINA; FOOD Pyramid; FOOD safety; WENCHUAN Earthquake, China, 2008; WOMEN'S health; POST-traumatic stress disorder; FOOD habits; INGESTION; LONGITUDINAL method; NATURAL disasters; RAW foods; STATISTICAL sampling; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2018, Vol 27, Issue 3, p662
- ISSN
0964-7058
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.6133/apjcn.092017.08