Diet quality of cancer survivors and noncancer individuals: Results from a national survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patterns of poor nutritional intake may exacerbate the elevated morbidity experienced by cancer survivors. It remains unclear whether cancer survivors adhere to existing dietary guidelines and whether survivors' diets differ from those of individuals without cancer over the long term.

Methods

The authors evaluated dietary intake and quality in 1533 adult cancer survivors who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1999 to 2010 compared with dietary intake and quality in 3075 individuals who had no history of cancer and were matched to the cancer survivors by age, sex, and race/ethnicity. Dietary intake was assessed using 24-hour dietary recalls. The 2010 Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2010) was used to evaluate diet quality.

Results

SUBMITTER: Zhang FF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4667562 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature