Sutapa Agrawal
Epidemiologist, South Asia Network for Chronic Disease, Public Health Foundation of India,
Fourth Floor, Plot no 47, Sector 44, Gurgaon (Haryana)-122002
India
Research Article
Frequency of Food Consumption and Self-reported Diabetes among Adult Men and Women in India: A Large Scale Nationally Representative Crosssectional Study
Author(s): Sutapa AgrawalSutapa Agrawal
Background: Recent studies have shown that the choice of foods and frequency of intake plays a role in diabetes prevention. We examined the association between frequency of consumption of specific food items and the occurrence of diabetes in adult Indian population. Methods: Cross sectional data of 99,574 women and 61,361 men aged 20-49 years who participated in India’s third National Family Health Survey conducted during 2005-06 was used for this study. Association between frequency of food intake such as daily, weekly, occasionally and never, and prevalence of diabetes were estimated using multivariable logistic regression models after adjusting for body mass index, tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking, television watching and socio-economic and demographic characteristics, stratified by sex. Results: In men, weekly (OR:0.64; 95%CI:0.47-0.88) and.. View More»