Search resultsAlcoholic beverage preference and dietary pattern in Spanish university graduates: The SUN cohort study
Title
Alcoholic beverage preference and dietary pattern in Spanish university graduates: The SUN cohort study
Publication type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2008
Authors
Journal
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume
62
Issue
10
Pagination
1178 - 1186
Date published
2008
ISBN
09543007 (ISSN)
Keywords
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alcohol Drinking, alcoholic beverage, Alcoholic Beverages, article, Body Mass Index, cohort analysis, Cohort Studies, controlled study, Cross-Sectional Studies, dairy product, diet, Diet, Mediterranean, dietary fiber, dietary intake, eating habit, fast food, fat intake, Female, food composition, food intake, food preference, Food Preferences, graduate student, human, human experiment, Humans, leisure, Life Style, lifestyle, male, Mediterranean diet, Middle Aged, nutritional assessment, olive oil, physical activity, questionnaire, Questionnaires, sodium carbonate, Spain, Students, wine, Young Adult
Abstract
Objective: To describe the association between alcohol beverage preference and dietary habits comparing wine drinkers with other alcoholic beverage drinkers and with nondrinkers in Spanish university graduates. Subjects: A total of 10 526 men and women, who were recruited using mailed questionnaires, participated in this study. Methods: A semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire previously validated in Spain was used together with other questionnaires designed to collect lifestyle characteristics. Results: Wine drinkers reported higher intake of fibre and olive oil, and lower consumption of fat (only men), dairy products, sugared soda drinks and fast food as compared with other alcoholic beverage groups and nondrinkers. Men nondrinkers were more likely to be physically active during their leisure time than wine drinkers. No relevant differences were found in adherence to the Mediterranean food pattern according to alcoholic beverage preference. Conclusion: This similarity in dietary patterns between wine drinkers and other groups suggests that the positive cardiovascular effects reported for wine should not be attributed to an overall healthier dietary pattern of wine drinkers.