Search resultsFood buying habits of people who buy wine or beer: Cross sectional study
Title
Food buying habits of people who buy wine or beer: Cross sectional study
Publication type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2006
Authors
Journal
British Medical Journal
Volume
332
Issue
7540
Pagination
519 - 521
Date published
2006
ISBN
09598146 (ISSN)
Keywords
article, beer, chi square distribution, Chi-Square Distribution, Commerce, commercial phenomena, controlled study, Cross-Sectional Studies, cross-sectional study, Denmark, feeding behavior, Food Habits, food preference, food quality, Health Behavior, human, Humans, priority journal, Regression Analysis, statistics, wine
Abstract
Objective: To investigate whether people who buy wine buy healthier food items than those who buy beer. Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Supermarkets in Denmark. Data: Information on number, type of item, and total charge from 3.5 million transactions over a period of six months. Results: Wine buyers bought more olives, fruit and vegetables, poultry, cooking oil, and low fat cheese, milk, and meat than beer buyers. Beer buyers bought more ready cooked dishes, sugar, cold cuts, chips, pork, butter or margarine, sausages, lamb, and soft drinks than wine buyers. Conclusions: Wine buyers made more purchases of healthy food items than people who buy beer.