Nouvelles des membres du Réseau Les Canadiens adultes face à la réalité de leur alimentation
La qualité des apports alimentaires chez les Canadiens adultes n'est pas encore optimale pour assurer la prévention des maladies chroniques. Consultez la publication de Gerard Ngueta (USherbrooke -membre régulier du Réseau) et collègues dans la revue Nutrients 2023, 15(3), 637.
L'auteur principal explique que les résultats de l'étude montrent que l'alimentation globale des Canadiens adultes n'est pas meilleure que celle de leurs voisins americains (contrairement aux croyances populaires). Le guide alimentaire canadien a été édité et re-édité au cours des deux dernières décennies, mais semble peu suivi par les Canadiens adultes.
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Résumé des auteur.e.s
For many years, dietary quality among Canadians has been assessed using an index that gives criticized scores and does not allow for comparison with Americans. In Canadians aged ≥19 years, we aimed to (1) determine the dietary quality by using a more widely used evidence-based index that has shown associations with health outcomes, the alternative Healthy Eating Index (aHEI-2010); (2) assess changes in aHEI-2010 score and its components between 2004 and 2015; and (3) identify factors associated with aHEI-2010 score. We relied on the Canadian Community Health Survey 2004 (n = 35,107) and 2015 (n = 20,487). We used adjusted linear models with a time effect to compare the total aHEI-2010 score and its components. The overall aHEI-2010 score increased from 36.5 (95%CI: 36.2–36.8) in 2004 to 39.0 (95%CI: 38.5–39.4) in 2015 (p < 0.0001). Participants with less than a high school diploma showed the lowest score and no improvement from 2004 to 2015 (34.8 vs. 35.3, p = 0.4864). In each period, higher scores were noted among immigrants than non-immigrants (38.3 vs. 35.9 in 2004, p < 0.0001; 40.5 vs. 38.5 in 2015 p < 0.0001), and lower scores were observed in current smokers (33.4 vs. 37.1 in 2004, p < 0.0001; 34.5 vs. 39.9 in 2015, p < 0.0001). The use of the aHEI-2010 tool suggests a lower score among Canadians than the previous index, more comparable to the score among Americans.