Dietary behaviour among male and female chronic disease patients in Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam

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dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-17T15:39:41Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-17T15:39:41Z
dc.date.issued 2016-09-07 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9975
dc.description.abstract The aim of the study was to estimate associations between dietary behaviour, chronic conditions and health variables among chronic among patients diagnosed with a variety of chronic diseases in three Southeast Asian countries (Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam). A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 4761 adult chronic disease patients (mean age 49.3 years; SD=16.5) recruited systematically from health facilities. Results indicate that among men 17.3% and among women 16.0% reported eating at least three times fast food in a week; sweet drinks were consumed 3 times or more daily by 10.3% of men and 8.0% by women, and 44.5% of men and 41.9% of women participants reported eating 3 or more servings of fruits or vegetables per day. Men significantly more often had sweet drinks and fatty foods than women, while women more often consumed sweets than men. Among both men and women, younger age, lower educational level, being single, divorced or widowed, residing in a rural area, having fewer chronic conditions, high physical activity, and having depressive symptoms were associated with the poor dietary index. Further, among women, better quality of life and current tobacco use was associated with the poor dietary index, while among men, problem drinking was inversely associated with poor diet. Several dietary risk behaviours and its associates were identified, which should be targeted for nutrition education. en
dc.format.medium Print en
dc.subject VIETNAM en
dc.subject MYANMAR en
dc.subject CAMBODIA en
dc.subject CHRONIC DISEASES en
dc.subject RISK BEHAVIOUR en
dc.subject EATING BEHAVIOUR en
dc.subject NUTRITION en
dc.title Dietary behaviour among male and female chronic disease patients in Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam en
dc.type Journal Article en
dc.description.version Y en
dc.ProjectNumber N/A en
dc.Volume 14(1) en
dc.BudgetYear 2016/17 en
dc.ResearchGroup HIV/AIDS, STIs and TB en
dc.SourceTitle Gender and Behaviour en
dc.ArchiveNumber 9329 en
dc.PageNumber 6826-6836 en
dc.outputnumber 8157 en
dc.bibliographictitle Peltzer, K. & Pengpid, S. (2016) Dietary behaviour among male and female chronic disease patients in Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam. Gender and Behaviour. 14(1):6826-6836. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9975 en
dc.publicationyear 2016 en
dc.contributor.author1 Peltzer, K. en
dc.contributor.author2 Pengpid, S. en


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