Some dietary fat reducing behaviors difficult to change in Arab women.

2003 SEP 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some dietary fat reducing behaviors are difficult to change in Arab women with type 2 diabetes.

Scientists in the United Arab Emirates conducted a study "to identify dietary fat reducing behaviors of Emirati women with type 2 diabetes, based on five eating patterns (subscales) associated with a low fat diet."

"Responses from a cross-sectional questionnaire survey of 172 women were used to calculate means for the five subscales and summary scores," said H. I. Ali and colleagues at United Arab Emirates University. "A low score indicated a desirable behavior. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine the predictors of the subscale and summary scores."

The investigators reported, "Based on a five-point scale, the mean scores (s.d.) of the subscales were as follows: substituting for lower fat milk products 3.70 (1.53), modifying meats 1.46 (0.70), avoiding frying 2.63 (0.88), replacing high-fat foods with lower fat foods 3.14 (1.09), and avoiding fat as flavoring or spread 2.62 (0.68). The values for the summary ...