Groceries shopping practices and diet quality among Malaysian

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Besides, the socioeconomic status influenced their behaviors toward grocery shopping practices. The aims of this study are i) to determine the association between diet quality and grocery shopping practices among supermarket adult consumers ii) to determine the risk factors that affect the grocery shopping practices among supermarket adult consumers. Design: A set of questionnaires regarded on demographic data, and groceries shopping practices were administered. Setting: This is a cross sectional study, conducted in Klang Valley, Malaysia. Subjects: A total of 118 volunteered consumers between aged 20 to 64 years old were studied. Results: This study showed that more than half of consumers categorized as regular shoppers (56.8%), while the remaining as recommended shoppers (43.2%). There was a poor positive (r = 0.233) and significant (p<0.05) correlation between diet quality and grocery shopping practices. Consumers that practiced recommended grocery shopping had better fruit (mean = 1.3, SD = 0.96, with p = 0.004) and vegetable (mean = 1.4, SD = 0.6, with p = 0.025) serving per day. Most of the consumers with poor diet quality come with secondary education (51.4%) (Crude OR [cOR]): 0.43; 95% CI: 0.19, 0.99), and low household income (47.7%) (cOR: 0.34; 95% CI: 0.15, 0.75). Conclusions: Sociodemographic and diet quality may influence the groceries shopping practice. 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Fahmi Teng<a name="corr" id="corr"></a><br /> Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences <br /> Universiti Teknologi MARA, 42300 Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia <strong><br /> Tel:</strong> +603-3258-4540<br /> <strong>Fax:</strong> +603-3258-4599 <br /> <strong>E-mail:</strong> nurislami@puncakalam.uitm.edu.my</dd> </dl> <div><strong>Visit for more related articles at </strong><a href="https://internalmedicine.imedpub.com/archive.php" title="International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine & Public Health">International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine & Public Health</a></div> <div> <h3 class="text-primary font-size-6 border-left-4 pl-2" style="border-left-color:#f35a36 !important;">Abstract</h3> </div> <div> <p><strong>Objective: </strong>Poor nutritional status had been associated with the diet quality and grocery shopping practices. Besides, the socioeconomic status influenced their behaviors toward grocery shopping practices. The aims of this study are i) to determine the association between diet quality and grocery shopping practices among supermarket adult consumers ii) to determine the risk factors that affect the grocery shopping practices among supermarket adult consumers.</p> <p><strong>Design:</strong> A set of questionnaires regarded on demographic data, and groceries shopping practices were administered.</p> <p><strong>Setting:</strong> This is a cross sectional study, conducted in Klang Valley, Malaysia.</p> <p><strong>Subjects:</strong> A total of 118 volunteered consumers between aged 20 to 64 years old were studied.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> This study showed that more than half of consumers categorized as regular shoppers (56.8%), while the remaining as recommended shoppers (43.2%). There was a poor positive (r = 0.233) and significant (p<0.05) correlation between diet quality and grocery shopping practices. Consumers that practiced recommended grocery shopping had better fruit (mean = 1.3, SD = 0.96, with p = 0.004) and vegetable (mean = 1.4, SD = 0.6, with p = 0.025) serving per day. Most of the consumers with poor diet quality come with secondary education (51.4%) (Crude OR [cOR]): 0.43; 95% CI: 0.19, 0.99), and low household income (47.7%) (cOR: 0.34; 95% CI: 0.15, 0.75).</p> <p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Sociodemographic and diet quality may influence the groceries shopping practice. The findings of this study are useful to determine the potential groups for nutrition intervention programs in order to combat the health inequity among adults.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ft_below_content"> <h4>Keywords</h4> <p>Groceries shopping, Diet quality, Healthy eating index</p> <h4>Introduction and Background</h4> <p>Rapid growing of socioeconomic in the country for the past years led to significant changes of lifestyles among the communities. The sustained economic growth in Malaysia had resulted in a definite innovation in the food, which gave impact to the nutrition and health issues. One of the factors that lead to the obesity and overweight nowadays is poor quality in eating pattern due to lack of purchasing and consumption of fruits and vegetables [<a href="#1" title="1">1</a>].</p> <p>Groceries’ shopping is one of the important factors that may affect the diet quality of an individual. This is due the rapid evolving of supermarkets that offers junk foods and processed foods. This expansion and diffusion of supermarket not only influence the producers but also the consumers due to the price and availability of the processed, packages and dried foods [<a href="#2" title="2">2</a>]. Most of these foods that are available in supermarket nowadays are high in sodium, sugar and fat content in which one of the element that contribute to the risk factor of non-communicable chronic disease as well as <a href="https://obesity.imedpub.com/" target="_blank">obesity</a>. Several studies had investigated the expansion of supermarkets and their effect on small farmers and food retailing [<a href="#3" title="3">3</a>]. There was also studies by Balsevich, Berdegué, Flores, Mainville, and Reardon that analysed the relationship between the evolutions of supermarkets and consumer preferences as well as food safety [<a href="#4" title="4">4</a>]. However, there was a big research gap on the implication of grocery shopping practices towards eating pattern among adult consumers in the urban population.</p> <p>Thus, the aim of this study is to determine the association of grocery shopping practices and diet quality among supermarket adult consumer. Besides, it is also important to highlight the risk factors that affect the grocery shopping practices.</p> <h4>Methodology</h4> <p><strong>Subjects:</strong> A total of 118 adult consumers, aged between 20 to 64 years old were consented in this cross sectional study. We used purposive sampling technique, where we excluded those with physical and <a href="https://childhood-developmental-disorders.imedpub.com/" target="_blank">mental disability</a>, terminally ill disease and those who spent money for business purpose related to foods. Participants were recruited from the hypermarket and residential area around Klang Valley. This study was approved by the Research Ethical Committee of Universiti Teknologi MARA.</p> <p><strong>Sociodemographic indicators:</strong> Information on age, gender, level of education, and level of income was obtained. Education was stratified into secondary and tertiary education. Level of income was categorizes in the basis of low (<MYR 2300), moderate (MYR 2300-5600) and high (>MYR 5600) *[MYR 1 = USD 0.233 as on 6th January 2016]. We further categorized into the amount of money usually spent for groceries shopping (<MYR100 or >MYR100) and the frequency of groceries shopping (daily, >4times, weekly or fortnightly).</p> <p><strong>Assessment of groceries shopping practices:</strong> The practices of groceries shopping among participants were assessed using questionnaire adapted from Turrell, Blakely, Patterson, Oldenburg [<a href="#5" title="5">5</a>]. The practices were then categorized into ‘recommended’ and ‘regular’ shoppers group. “Recommended” was defined as those who mainly purchased healthy foods, in line with the Malaysia Dietary Guidelines [<a href="#6" title="6">6</a>]. Further, the factors that influenced the purchasing patterns were determined.</p> <p><strong>Assessment of eating pattern and diet quality:</strong> Diet History Questionnaire (DHQ) [<a href="#7" title="7">7</a>] was used to assess dietary patterns on participants. Participants’ were interviewed regarding the type of food eaten, portion size, cooking method as well as the frequency of each type of meals taken. Based from the DHQ, the diet quality was further determined using Healthy Eating Index [<a href="#8" title="8">8</a>]. In the present study, we categorized the index into eight components (<strong>Table 1</strong>). Each component was calculated based on the scoring given and calculations for each score were done proportionately. The possible score range from 0-100 where the lowest score reflect poor compliance with Malaysia Dietary Guidelines and vice versa. The scoring was categorised into three; score <51% as poor, 51-80% as moderate, >8-% as good.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th>Component</th> <th>Maximum point</th> <th>Standard for maximum score</th> <th>Standard of minimum score of zero</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Whole grain</td> <td>10</td> <td>4-8 servings/day</td> <td>No whole grains</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fish</td> <td>10</td> <td>= 1 serving/day</td> <td>No seafood or plant proteins</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Meat</td> <td>10</td> <td>½ - 1 servings/day</td> <td>No protein foods</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dairy product</td> <td>10</td> <td>1-3 servings/day</td> <td>No dairy</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Green and bans</td> <td>10</td> <td>½ - 1 serving/day</td> <td>No dark green vegetables or beans and peas</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fruits</td> <td>10</td> <td>=2 servings/day</td> <td>No fruits</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Vegetables</td> <td>10</td> <td>=3 servings/day</td> <td>No vegetables</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sodium</td> <td>10</td> <td>=2400 mg/day</td> <td>=4800mg/day</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert">Based on Malaysia Dietary Guidelines (2010)</div> <p><strong>Table 1:</strong> Component and scoring criteria of Healthy Eating Index</p> <p><strong>Statistical analysis:</strong> Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0. The normality of data was tested using Kolmogrov Smirnov test. Pearson correlation, Chi Square test, T test, and simple linear regression test were applied. The significant level was set at p value less than 0.05.</p> <h4>Results</h4> <p><strong>Demographic</strong></p> <p>A total of 118 participants involved in this study. Demographics characteristics was summarised as in <strong>Table 2</strong>. Majority of the subjects have tertiary education level, perform their groceries shopping in weekly basis, and spent more than MYR 100 for groceries shopping.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th>Variable</th> <th> </th> <th>n (%)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Age</td> <td>20-39 years</td> <td>64 (54.2)</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>40-64 years</td> <td>54 (45.8)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gender</td> <td>Male</td> <td>50 (42.4)</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Female</td> <td>68 (57.6)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Educational level</td> <td>Secondary</td> <td>37 (31.4)</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Tertiary</td> <td>81 (68.6)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Frequency of shopping</td> <td>Daily</td> <td>8 (6.8)</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>>4 times</td> <td>29 (24.6)</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Weekly</td> <td>44 (37.3)</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Fortnightly</td> <td>37 (31.4)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Money spent for groceries shopping</td> <td><MYR 100</td> <td>50 (42.4)</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>>MYR100</td> <td>68 (57.6)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 2:</strong> Sociodemographic characteristics</p> <p><strong>The groceries shopping practice</strong></p> <p>More than half of the subjects was categorised as regular shoppers (<strong>Table 3</strong>). Analysis of the risk factors that affect the groceries shopping shows that secondary educational level had decrease odds to practice recommended grocery shopping by 57% than tertiary educational level. Those who spent per shopping more than RM 100 had 1 times the odds to practice recommended grocery shopping than those who spent less than RM 100 whilst those who had income less than RM 2300 had 66% decrease odds to practice recommended grocery shopping than who had income more than RM 2300 (<strong>Table 4</strong>).</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th>Groceries shopping practices</th> <th>n</th> <th>%</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Regular</td> <td>67</td> <td>56.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Recommended</td> <td>51</td> <td>43.2</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 3:</strong> Groceries shopping practices</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th>Risk Factor</th> <th>Crude OR</th> <th>(95%CI)</th> <th>p value</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Age</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>20-39</td> <td>1.05</td> <td>(0.51, 2.18)</td> <td>0.899</td> </tr> <tr> <td>40-64</td> <td>1.00</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gender</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>0.82</td> <td>(0.44, 1.92)</td> <td>0.819</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>1.00</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ethnicity</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Malay</td> <td>0.65</td> <td>(0.06, 7.37)</td> <td>0.728</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Others</td> <td>1.00</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Educational level</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Secondary</td> <td>0.43</td> <td>(0.19, 0.99)</td> <td><strong>0.048</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tertiary</td> <td>1.00</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Household income</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><RM 2300</td> <td>0.34</td> <td>(0.15, 0.75)</td> <td><strong>0.008</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>>RM 2300</td> <td>1.00</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Money spend</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><100</td> <td>0.44</td> <td>(0.21, 0.95)</td> <td><strong>0.036</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>>100</td> <td>1.00</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <p><strong>Table 4:</strong> Risk factors of groceries shopping practice</p> <p>Further, we analysed the factors that may affect groceries shopping practices. As expected, concern about body weight was the significant factors that affected groceries shopping practices (p<0.05). In this case, a total of 60.6% subjects in recommended shoppers category concerns about their body weight as compared to only 39.4% from regular group. In contrast, price was the most important factors that influence the regular shoppers’ category (not significant) (<strong>Table 5</strong>).</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th colspan="4">Grocery shopping practices</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td><strong>Regular</strong></td> <td><strong>Recommended</strong></td> <td><strong>p value</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>n (%)</td> <td>n (%)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Concerns about health </strong>n (%)</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.541</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yes  75 (63.6)</td> <td>41 (54.7)</td> <td>34 (45.3)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>No     43 (36.4)</td> <td>26 (60.5)</td> <td>17 (39.5)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>The Price </strong>n (%)</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.502</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yes  98 (83.1)</td> <td>57 (58.2)</td> <td>41 (41.8)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>No     20 (16.9)</td> <td>10 (50.0)</td> <td>10 (50.0)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Your own taste preference </strong>n (%)</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yes 61 (50.8)</td> <td>36 (58.3)</td> <td>25 (41.7)</td> <td>0.621</td> </tr> <tr> <td>No  57 (48.3)</td> <td>31 (54.4)</td> <td>26 (45.6)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Partners’ taste preference </strong>n (%)</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.353</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yes  59 (50.0)</td> <td>31 (52.5)</td> <td>28 (47.5)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>No     59 (50.0)</td> <td>36 (61.0)</td> <td>23 (39.0)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Children’s taste preference </strong>n (%)</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.126</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yes  53 (44.9)</td> <td>26 (49.1)</td> <td>27 (50.9)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>No   65 (55.1)</td> <td>41 (63.1)</td> <td>24 (36.9)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Concerns about body weight </strong>n (%)</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><strong>0.018</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yes  33 (28.0)</td> <td>13 (39.4)</td> <td>20 (60.6)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>No   85 (72.0)</td> <td>54 (63.5)</td> <td>31 (36.5)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Suitability for young children </strong>n (%)</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.995</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yes  44 (37.3)</td> <td>25 (56.8)</td> <td>19 (43.2)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>No     74 (62.7)</td> <td>42 (56.8)</td> <td>32 (43.2)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Out of habit </strong>n (%)</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yes   26 (22.0)</td> <td>15 (57.7)</td> <td>11 (42.3)</td> <td>0.915</td> </tr> <tr> <td>No     92 (78.0)</td> <td>52 (56.5)</td> <td>40 (43.5)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Availability </strong>n (%)</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.860</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yes  20 (16.9)</td> <td>11 (55.0)</td> <td>9 (45.0)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>No     98 (83.1)</td> <td>56 (57.1)</td> <td>42 (42.9)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Taste preference of other adult </strong>n (%)</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>0.385</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yes  30 (25.4)</td> <td>15 (50.0)</td> <td>15 (50.0)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>No     88 (74.6)</td> <td>52 (59.1)</td> <td>36 (40.9)</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert">Analysis perform using Chi square test</div> <p><strong>Table 5:</strong> Factors affecting groceries shopping</p> <p><strong>Diet quality</strong></p> <p><strong>Table 6</strong> summarised the diet quality based on shopping practices category. Consumers that practiced recommended grocery shopping had better fruits and vegetables serving per day (p<0.05) and high HEI score (p<0.05) as compared to regular shopping practices. However, total HEI score revealed that none of the subjects have good <a href="https://primarycare.imedpub.com/" target="_blank">diet quality</a>. More than half was categorise having moderate diet quality (<strong>Figure 1</strong> and <strong>Table 7</strong>). Further, we analysed the association between shopping practices and diet quality. There was a poor positive (r = 0.233) and significant (p<0.05) correlation between eating pattern and grocery shopping practices as shown in <strong>Figure 2</strong>.</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th>Characteristic</th> <th>Grocery shopping practices</th> <th> </th> <th>p value</th> </tr> <tr> <th>(mean ± SD)</th> <th>Regular</th> <th>Recommended</th> <th> </th> </tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>(mean ± SD)</th> <th>(mean ± SD)</th> <th> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Grain</strong></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Serving/day (5.9 ± 1.9)</td> <td>6.0 ± 1.9</td> <td>5.8 ± 1.7</td> <td>0.571</td> </tr> <tr> <td>HEI score (7.1 ± 1.9)</td> <td>7.2 ± 1.9</td> <td>7.01 ± 1.9</td> <td>0.575</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Meat</strong></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Serving/day (1.5 ± 0.8)</td> <td>1.5 ± 0.9</td> <td>1.4 ± 0.7</td> <td>0.546</td> </tr> <tr> <td>HEI score (8.9 ± 2.2)</td> <td>8.8 ± 2.4</td> <td>9.0 ± 2.03</td> <td>0.628</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Fish</strong></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Serving/day (0.9 ± 0.6)</td> <td>0.8 ± 0.6</td> <td>1.0 ± 0.6</td> <td>0.215</td> </tr> <tr> <td>HEI score (6.8 ± 3.5)</td> <td>6.5 ± 3.7</td> <td>7.2 ± 3.3</td> <td>0.261</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Legume</strong></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Serving/day (0.3 ± 0.5)</td> <td>0.3 ± 0.5</td> <td>0.3 ± 0.5</td> <td>0.994</td> </tr> <tr> <td>HEI score (2.2 ± 3.5)</td> <td>2.3 ± 3.6</td> <td>2.2 ± 3.4</td> <td>0.882</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Fruits</strong></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Serving/day (1.1 ± 0.9)</td> <td>0.9 ± 0.8</td> <td>1.3 ± 0.96</td> <td><strong>0.004</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>HEI score (5.0 ± 3.4)</td> <td>4.1 ± 3.3</td> <td>6.1 ± 3.3</td> <td><strong>0.002</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Vegetable</strong></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Serving/day (1.3 ± 0.7)</td> <td>1.1 ± 0.7</td> <td>1.4 ± 0.6</td> <td><strong>0.025</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>HEI score (4.2 ± 2.3)</td> <td>3.8 ± 2.4</td> <td>4.8 ±1.95</td> <td><strong>0.028</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Dairy</strong></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Serving/day (0.3 ± 0.5)</td> <td>0.3 ± 0.6</td> <td>0.3 ± 0.5</td> <td>0.953</td> </tr> <tr> <td>HEI score (0.9 ± 1.7)</td> <td>0.9 ± 1.9</td> <td>0.9 ± 1.6</td> <td>0.954</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Sodium</strong></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Serving/day  (2598 ± 1003)</td> <td>2549 ± 957</td> <td>2663 ± 1068</td> <td>0.545</td> </tr> <tr> <td>HEI score (7.6 ± 3.2)</td> <td>7.7 ± 2.96</td> <td>7.4 ± 3.5</td> <td>0.545</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert">Analysis using Independent T test</div> <p><strong>Table 6:</strong> Analysis of Diet Quality</p> <div class="table-responsive"> <table class="table table-bordered"> <thead> <tr> <th colspan="4">Grocery shopping practices</th> </tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>Regular, n(%)</th> <th>Recommended, n(%)</th> <th>p value</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Poor</td> <td>33 (49.3)</td> <td>17 (33.3)</td> <td>0.083</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Moderate</td> <td>34 (50.7)</td> <td>34 (66.7)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Good</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert">Analysis using Pearson Chi Square test</div> <p><strong>Table 7:</strong> Correlation between diet quality and groceries shopping practices</p> <div class="well well-sm"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-2"><a onclick="openimage('https://internalmedicine.imedpub.com/articles-images/internalmedicine-HEI-score-9-7-700-g001.png','','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=500,height=330')" class="thumbnail"><img src="https://internalmedicine.imedpub.com/articles-images/internalmedicine-HEI-score-9-7-700-g001.png" class="img-responsive" alt="internalmedicine-HEI-score" title="internalmedicine-HEI-score" /></a></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-10"> <p><strong>Figure 1:</strong> Total HEI score</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="well well-sm"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-2"><a onclick="openimage('https://internalmedicine.imedpub.com/articles-images/internalmedicine-diet-quality-9-7-700-g002.png','','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=500,height=330')" class="thumbnail"><img src="https://internalmedicine.imedpub.com/articles-images/internalmedicine-diet-quality-9-7-700-g002.png" class="img-responsive" alt="internalmedicine-diet-quality" title="internalmedicine-diet-quality" /></a></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-10"> <p><strong>Figure 2:</strong> Association between diet quality and groceries shopping practices</p> </div> </div> </div> <h4>Discussion</h4> <p>Malaysia, is a county that has developed from agriculture based economy to manufacture industry [<a href="#9" title="9">9</a>]. This rapid change in economy subsequently affects the diet quality and eating pattern, especially among urban resident area. The rapid changes in the urbanisation and industrial food products contribute to the changes of food consumption in Malaysia as well as ‘westernised’ eating pattern [<a href="#10" title="10">10</a>]. Further, growing numbers of large supermarket with variety of local and imported groceries may affect the consumers’ choice and affect their diet quality.</p> <p>There are many factors that can affect the grocery shopping practices among adult. Given in this study, higher education, better income and extra money spend in groceries shopping were the factors leading to better groceries choice. Higher education level may influence healthy practices as they are considered to have better knowledge about healthy eating [<a href="#11" title="11">11</a>]. They are also more likely to use nutritional labels during purchasing [<a href="#12" title="12">12</a>]. On the other hand, those with low education are more likely to have low income, rarely use nutritional label [<a href="#13" title="13">13</a>] and have higher tendency to purchased unhealthy foods together with low intake of fruit and vegetables. Nutritious foods also appears to be expensive than unhealthy food [<a href="#14" title="14">14</a>-<a href="#16" title="16">16</a>]. However, it is still unclear whether the healthy foods are really more expensive than less healthy foods when the price is as count per calorie [<a href="#17" title="17">17</a>]. Therefore, an education towards healthy foods purchase may be a potential intervention towards the low income population.</p> <p>It can also be concluded that concern about body weight is the factor that makes people bought healthy groceries. However, the limitation in this study is that we did not measure our subjects’ body mass index, hence could not relate whether our subjects were concern about their current BMI (body mass index) or about getting overweight. Higher BMI often associated with unhealthy groceries shopping [<a href="#18" title="18">18</a>], and it is known that bad eating habit is well correlate with high BMI and chronic diseases. The recommended group was also found to have better intake of vegetables and fruits. Previous studies have concluded that the intake of these food groups was better in high income group [<a href="#19" title="19">19</a>-<a href="#20" title="20">20</a>]. Those with low income may found that both fruits and vegetables are expensive [<a href="#21" title="21">21</a>] and rather spent for their staple food.</p> <h4>Conclusion</h4> <p>To conclude, eating pattern was correlate positively with grocery shopping practice. 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