Association Between Self-Reported Food Preferences and Psychological Well-Being During Perimenopausal Period Among Chinese Women
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2020-06Author
Wu, TingtingHou, Xiaorong
Zhang, Fan
Sharma, Manoj
Zhao, Yong
Shi, Zumin
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Objective: The purpose of this study was sought to assess the association between
food preferences and Psychological well-being (PWB) in Chinese women undergoing
perimenopause and whether the association is different between rural and urban areas.
Methods: This is a longitudinal study of 929 women in perimenopausal period
participating in the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) during 2009 and 2011.
Preference for five kinds of food were assessed in face-to-face interviews and the
PWB was measured by scoring three self-reported questions with a total score of
15. Multilevel mixed-effects linear regressions were used to estimate the longitudinal
association between food preference and PWB scores. In fully adjusted models, dislike
for fruits and like for sweetened beverages had regression coefficient (95% CI) for the
PWB score of 1.26, (2.21–0.321) and 0.66 (0.20–1.11), respectively. The above
associations were only found among participants in urban areas, with corresponding
regression coefficients of 2.61(95% CI = 4.83, 0.39) for dislike fruit and 1.02(95%
CI = 0.09, 1.95) for like sweetened beverages.
Conclusion: In conclusion, PWB score was negatively associated with the dislike for
fruit but positively associated with the preference for sweetened beverages, especially
among participants from urban areas. The longitudinal data indicate that the PWB score
of perimenopausal women might be improved by increasing the intake of fruit. Given the
adverse effects of sweetened beverages, more research was need between PWB and
the sweetened beverages.
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