Parental and individual socioeconomic position show distinct associations with trajectories of diet quality across adolescence and early adulthood
Our study demonstrates the development of dietary inequalities across adolescence and early adulthood, highlighting the importance of emerging individual SEP, in addition to parental SEP in shaping this. Interventions to improve diet quality in early adulthood are particularly needed among those who leave education at a young age.
Authors
- Lawrence J. Beilin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4853-7360)
- Trevor Anthony Mori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5264-9229)
- Eleanor Winpenny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1933-0168)
- Tanya Braune (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9450-6567)
- Oscar Rousham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3464-6096)
Institutions
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- MRC Epidemiology Unit (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Appetite
- Published
- 2025-06-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2025.108165
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.64