Comparison of Diets among Elderly Female Residents in Two Suburban Disnicts in Chiang Mai Province , Thailand , in Dry Season Survey

By means of duplicate rneals, we collected food samples of genera] female residents, aged 5e to 74 years at two suburban districts in Chiang Mai Province, which are distinguished by very high and low ineidence rates of Iung cancer, Then, on the basis of analyses of their consumption of foods by food groups, we cempared their dietary habits in the dry season ofnorthem Thai}and with special reference to the difference in lung cancer incidence. In brief, the following features and difference in their dietary habits were found; 1) Riee, vegetables, and pork were most frequently eaten in both the districts. 2) Consumption of fruits, in beth quantity and variety, at a high-risk district was mueh less than that at a lowrisk district, 3) Female residents at a low-risk district consumed more variety of green and yellow vegetables than those at a high-risk distriet. 4) Potato was not found in food samples of a high-risk district, 5) Confe etionery was more prevalent in a low-risk district than at a high-risk distriet, (LAppl Human Sci, 17 (2): 49-56, 1998) Keyvvords: dietary habit, food eonsumption, lung cancer