TY - JOUR
T1 - Determinants of diet quality among mothers of young children in an urban slum area in Jakarta
T2 - Mother’s age, vegetables availability, and eating out frequency
AU - Birahmatika, Fitya Safira
AU - Chandra, Dian Novita
AU - Wiradnyani, Luh Ade Ari
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the officials from Pejagalan Primary Healthcare Centre, Posyandu cadres and all participants in Pejagalan urban village who enrolled in this study. The publication of this article was funded by Universitas Indonesia under the programme of PUTI Grant with contract number NKB-4713/UN2.RST/HKP.05.00/2020.
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Introduction: Poor diet quality is a major issue, and health concerns may be related to diet. Mothers with young children usually have their meals at home; thus, home food environment plays a role in determining dietary behaviours. This study examined the association between health concerns and diet quality among mothers; additionally, the effect of home food environment on this relationship was assessed. Methods: This cross-sectional study comprising 229 mothers (aged 19–49 years) with young children was conducted in an urban slum area in North Jakarta. Data were collected via interviews using a structured questionnaire. The General Health Interest Scale and Consumer Behaviour Questionnaire were used to assess health concern and home food environment, respectively. The 24-hour dietary recall method was used to calculate the Diet Quality Index-International (DQI-I) score. Spearman’s correlation, multiple linear regression, and path analysis were used to analyse the data. Results: Majority of the mothers had poor diet quality (mean DQI-I score, 41.44/100). No significant correlation between health concern and diet quality was observed. After adjusting for age, the relationship between health concern and diet quality was not mediated by vegetables availability or eating out frequency (indirect effect=0.012; p=0.096). Multiple linear regression analysis revealed age as a significant predictor of diet quality (B=0.196; p=0.024). Conclusion: Diet quality among mothers of young children differed with age and was related to both health concerns and home food environment. Thus, the development of strategies to promote healthy eating based on different age groups is warranted.
AB - Introduction: Poor diet quality is a major issue, and health concerns may be related to diet. Mothers with young children usually have their meals at home; thus, home food environment plays a role in determining dietary behaviours. This study examined the association between health concerns and diet quality among mothers; additionally, the effect of home food environment on this relationship was assessed. Methods: This cross-sectional study comprising 229 mothers (aged 19–49 years) with young children was conducted in an urban slum area in North Jakarta. Data were collected via interviews using a structured questionnaire. The General Health Interest Scale and Consumer Behaviour Questionnaire were used to assess health concern and home food environment, respectively. The 24-hour dietary recall method was used to calculate the Diet Quality Index-International (DQI-I) score. Spearman’s correlation, multiple linear regression, and path analysis were used to analyse the data. Results: Majority of the mothers had poor diet quality (mean DQI-I score, 41.44/100). No significant correlation between health concern and diet quality was observed. After adjusting for age, the relationship between health concern and diet quality was not mediated by vegetables availability or eating out frequency (indirect effect=0.012; p=0.096). Multiple linear regression analysis revealed age as a significant predictor of diet quality (B=0.196; p=0.024). Conclusion: Diet quality among mothers of young children differed with age and was related to both health concerns and home food environment. Thus, the development of strategies to promote healthy eating based on different age groups is warranted.
KW - Diet quality
KW - Healthy diet
KW - Home environment
KW - Mothers
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U2 - 10.31246/mjn-2021-0031
DO - 10.31246/mjn-2021-0031
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85134504290
SN - 1394-035X
VL - 28
SP - 177
EP - 190
JO - Malaysian Journal of Nutrition
JF - Malaysian Journal of Nutrition
IS - 2
ER -