Table 4.
Dietary patterns and cost of commodity basket by food security. Greenland Population Health Survey 2018. Population in towns. N = 1886. Adjusted for age, sex and social position in univariate general linear models and ratios between adjusted values for food insecure and food secure participants with 95% confidence intervals (CI)
| Adjusted for age and sex | Adjusted for age, sex and social position | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food secure | Food insecure | Food secure | Food insecure | |||||
| % | % | Ratio food insecure: food secure | 95% CI | % | % | Ratio food insecure: food secure | 95% CI | |
| Dietary Pattern | ||||||||
| Balanced diet | 9.4 | 6.6 | 0.70 | 0.24–1.19 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 0.97 | 0.48–1.49 |
| Kalaalimernit | 5.4 | 3.7 | 0.69 | 0.07–1.35 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 0.70 | 0.09–1.37 |
| Imported meat | 5.4 | 3.0 | 0.56 | −0.06-1.21 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 0.62 | −0.01-1.30 |
| Unhealthy | 32.0 | 42.7 | 1.33 | 1.11–1.57 | 32.3 | 39.5 | 1.22 | 1.00–1.46 |
| Standard diet | 47.9 | 44.0 | 0.92 | 0.76–1.08 | 47.8 | 44.5 | 0.93 | 0.77–1.10 |
| Specific food groups | g/day | g/day | g/day | g/day | ||||
| Kalaalimernit (marine mammals, birds) | 72.9 | 57.3 | 0.79 | 0.64–0.93 | 72.7 | 59.9 | 0.82 | 0.68–0.97 |
| Kalaalimernit (fish) | 55.5 | 54.1 | 0.97 | 0–78-1.18 | 55.4 | 55.7 | 1.01 | 0.81–1.21 |
| Fruit | 171.3 | 89.1 | 0.52 | 0.35–0.70 | 168.8 | 114.2 | 0.68 | 0.50–0.86 |
| Vegetables | 122.1 | 82.5 | 0.68 | 0.54–0.82 | 120.7 | 96.1 | 0.80 | 0.65–0.94 |
| Weekly expenditure on commodity basketb | DKK | DKK | DKK | DKK | ||||
| Nutritious food items | 360 | 323 | 0.90 | 0.83–0.96 | 358 | 341 | 0.95 | 0.88–1.02 |
| Non-nutritious itemsa | 159 | 179 | 1.12 | 1.00–1.25 | 160 | 175 | 1.10 | 0.97–1.23 |
| Food total | 519 | 501 | 0.96 | 0.90–1.02 | 518 | 515 | 1.00 | 0.93–1.06 |
| Alcoholic beverages | 124 | 233 | 1.88 | 1.59–2.20 | 126 | 210 | 1.66 | 1.38–1.97 |
| Tobacco | 127 | 186 | 1.46 | 1.27–1.66 | 129 | 167 | 1.29 | 1.10–1.49 |
| Total expenditure | 770 | 920 | 1.19 | 1.12–1.27 | 773 | 893 | 1.15 | 1.08–1.23 |
| Energy in daily diet | kJ | kJ | kJ | kJ | ||||
| Nutritious food items | 5700 | 5778 | 1.01 | 0.96–1.07 | 5692 | 5859 | 1.03 | 0.97–1.09 |
| Non-nutritious itemsa | 2105 | 2541 | 1.21 | 1.09–1.33 | 2115 | 2443 | 1.16 | 1.04–1.28 |
| Food total | 7805 | 8319 | 1.07 | 1.01–1.12 | 7807 | 8302 | 1.06 | 1.01–1.12 |
| Estimated energy requirement | 10,434 | 9170 | 0.88 | 0.85–0.91 | 10,396 | 9542 | 0.92 | 0.89–0.94 |
| Energy density (kJ/g) | 5.3 | 5.9 | 1.11 | 1.07–1.15 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 1.08 | 1.04–1.12 |
| Cost per 1000 kJ (excl. Coffee and tea) | DKK | DKK | DKK | DKK | ||||
| Nutritious food items | 9.05 | 8.10 | 0.90 | 0.86–0.93 | 9.02 | 8.44 | 0.94 | 0.90–0.97 |
| Non-nutritious itemsa | 8.50 | 7.35 | 0.86 | 0.80–0.93 | 8.48 | 7.60 | 0.90 | 0.83–0.96 |
| Food total | 9.00 | 7.98 | 0.89 | 0.86–0.92 | 8.96 | 8.31 | 0.93 | 0.90–0.96 |
| Anthropometry | ||||||||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 27.5 | 24.1 | 0.88 | 0.84–0.91 | 27.4 | 24.9 | 0.91 | 0.88–0.94 |
| Obesity (BMI 30+) (%) | 29.6 | 13.1 | 0.44 | 0.22–0.67 | 29.1 | 18.2 | 0.63 | 0.39–0.87 |
a Sweets, sugared beverages, fruit juice, cakes, sugar, convenience snacks, fast food, tea and coffee
b 1 EUR = 7.45 DKK