Journal of Nutrition and Food Security

en Dietary Patterns and Their Association with Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Determinants in Kashan, Iran: A Cross-Sectional Study public specific orginal article Dietary patterns (DPs) are a combination of nutrients which are determined through feeding behaviors of a particular population. Paying attention to DPs gives us a good picture of the diet and eating habits of people in the community. DPs help identify people at risk of chronic nutrition-related illnesses and give them nutritional advice. In the present study, the authors determine the DPs of people in Kashan city, Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the DPs of the Kashan population from September 2019 to March 2020. A validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was used to collect sociodemographic and dietary data. Then, DPs were assessed using principal component analysis. Results: The results showed that the average consumption of food items in cereals and products based on cereals, fruits and fruit products, vegetables and their products, meat and meat products, and milk and dairy products were 282.38±65.71, 287.58±8.89, 364.17±21.05, 34.48±3.81, and 456.65±39.16 g/day, respectively. The identified DPs included: 1) Unhealthy and processed, 2) fruit and fruit-based products, 3) Kashan traditional food, 4) Healthy diet, and 5) Mixed diet. Conclusion: Findings of the present study reveal that sociodemographic factors and lifestyle are associated with food choices. In addition, the authors found the low consumption of grains, fruits, vegetables, and meat and their products in the studied population. The researchers call for nutritional interventions to modify the consumption pattern for these food items   Cross-sectional, Dietary pattern, Lifestyle, Factor analysis 477 486 http://jnfs.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-137-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Faezeh Asgari Tarazoj 0000-0002-1613-124 No Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran Nasrin Sharifi 0000-0002-2879-5883 No Research Center for Biochemistry and Nutrition in Metabolic Diseases, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran Fatemeh Atoof 0000-0002-1103-7461 No Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran Rouhullah Dehghani 0000-0001-5949-4859 No Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran Davarkhah Rabbani 0000-0002-9719-6921 No Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran Mohammad Bagher Miranzadeh 0000-0001-6731-6956 No Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran Mohammadreza Mazandaranianfard 0000-0003-2201-4393 No Research Center for Biochemistry and Nutrition in Metabolic Diseases, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran Reza Sharafati Chaleshtori 0000-0002-3612-9987 No Research Center for Biochemistry and Nutrition in Metabolic Diseases, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran Gholamreza Mostafaii mostafai_gr@kaums.ac.ir 0000-0002-7088-0133 Yes Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran