Eating location is associated with the nutritional quality of the diet in Norwegian adults

Abstract

Objective: To study the association between dinner eating location and the nutritional quality of the specific dinner meal and the whole-day dietary intake and to compare the diets of those consuming $25 % of energy out of home and at school/work (SOH; substantial out-of-home eaters) with those consuming ,25 % of energy out (NSOH; non-substantial out-of-home eaters). Design: Cross-sectional dietary survey using two non-consecutive 24 h recalls. Recorded eating locations were at home, other private households, work/school, restaurant/cafeteria/fast-food outlet and travel/meeting. Setting: Nationwide, Norway (2010)(2011). Subjects: Adults aged 18-70 years (n 1746). Results: Dinners at restaurants and other private households were higher in energy than home dinners (P , 0?01). Restaurant dinners contained less fibre (g/MJ; P , 0?01) and had a higher percentage of alcohol consumers (P , 0?05), while dinners at other private households had a higher percentage of energy from sugar (P , 0?001) and a higher percentage of consumers of sugar-sweetened beverages (P , 0?05) than home dinners. Most differences between dinners consumed at different eating locations were also observed in dietary intakes for the whole day. SOH-eaters had a higher energy intake (P , 0?01), a higher percentage of energy from sugar (P , 0?01) and a lower fibre intake (P , 0?01) than NSOH-eaters. The percentages of consumers of alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages were higher (P , 0?01) among SOH-eaters. Conclusions: Dinner eating location was significantly associated with the nutritional quality of the diet, both for the specific dinner meal and for whole-day intake. Our data generally point to healthier dinners being consumed at home. SOH-eaters had a less favourable dietary intake than NSOH-eaters.

The contribution of snacks to dietary intake and their association with eating location among Norwegian adults – results from a cross-sectional dietary survey

“…In a study of 226 US adults, Liu et al [ 27 ] found that eating at work was associated with greater odds of consuming both healthy and unhealthy snacks. We previously studied differences in the composition of dinner meals eaten in different locations [ 14 ] and found that at-home dinners were generally healthier than dinners eaten in other eating locations, with the exception of dinners eaten at work. No differences were observed between dinners eaten at work and dinners eaten at home, but the data were limited, as very few dinners had been consumed at work.…”

“…However, the low participation rate of 37% limits the generalizability of the results. The proportion of participants with a college/university education was higher than in the general population [ 14 ]. Because more highly educated individuals are more likely to consume healthier diets than those with less education [ 28 , 29 ], we may assume that more unhealthy snacks might have been reported if the participation rate had been higher.…”

“…Data for the present study were obtained from Norkost 3, a dietary survey among Norwegian adults that was conducted in 2010 and 2011. The design and methodology have been described in detail elsewhere [ 14 , 15 ]. A representative sample (n = 5000) of the Norwegian population aged 18-70 years was randomly selected from the National Register and asked to complete two telephone-administered 24 h recalls approximately 4 weeks apart.…”

Eating out is different from eating at home among individuals who occasionally eat out. A cross-sectional study among middle-aged adults from eleven European countries

“…Consequently, individuals who did not report any OH dietary intake or reported consuming on average less than 25 % of their daily energy intake at eating out places were regarded as not substantial OH eaters. These definitions have been used in previous publications ( 11 , 20 , 21 ) .…”

Diferenças nos fatores associados ao consumo de frutas e de hortaliças entre os adolescentes brasileiros

“…Outros estudos já evidenciaram que a alimentação dentro de casa faz com que as escolhas sejam menos calóricas e incluam mais hortaliças e frutas. Segundo Myhre et al (2014), a alimentação fora de casa tende a ter menos consumo de hortaliças, o suco e a água são substituídos por refrigerantes e as frutas na sobremesa, por doce. No que tange ao horário de consumo das frutas e das hortaliças, 26,44% dos registros do consumo das frutas ocorreram no lanche da manhã; 18,25%, no almoço; e 26,23%, no lanche da tarde, ao passo que o consumo de hortaliças foi, predominantemente, nos horários do almoço e jantar.…”