RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Five-Year Trend in Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil Consumption among Northern Iranian Families
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 778
OP 783
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2013.06.120313
VO 26
IS 6
A1 Gholamreza Veghari
A1 Mehdi Sedaghat
A1 Siavash Maghsodlo
A1 Samieh Banihashem
A1 Pooneh Moharloei
A1 Abdolhamid Angizeh
A1 Ebrahim Tazik
A1 Abbas Moghaddami
YR 2013
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/26/6/778.abstract
AB Background: The main aim of this study was to assess the trends in hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) consumption and some related factors among northern Iranian families from 2006 to 2010. Methods: A cross-sectional, population-based study was conducted with 6497 subjects, 15 to 65 years old, who were chosen by multistage cluster random sampling. The subjects were randomly chosen by 325 clusters with an equal size (n = 20 subjects). A multidimensional questionnaire including sociodemographic questions and type of cooking oil used were administered by interviewers. Results: The percentages of the sample reporting HVO consumption across the 5 years are as follows: 2006, 85.2%; 2007, 79.7%; 2008, 75.9%; 2009, 59.3%; and 2010, 55.7%. Consumption decreased 29.5% during the 5 years of study and an average of 5.9% per year (P < .05). The estimated odds ratio of HVO consumption in rural areas verus urban areas was 2.59 (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.31–2.90); for poor compared with good economic level the odds ratio was 3.99 (95% CI, 3.13–5.10 for; for the uneducated versus college-educated sample it was 5.75 (95% CI, 4.10–8.17); and the odds ratio was 3.34(95% CI, 2.51–4.45) for Sisstani compared with Fars-native ethnic group. Conclusion: HVO consumption decreased during the 5-year study (2006 to 2010), but HVO is still used extensively in northern Iran. Preventive early intervention strategies are needed to target uneducated and poor families, with an emphasis on the Sisstanish ethnic group, to increase awareness about the negative consequences of HVO consumption.