BIRTHPLACE, LENGTH OF TIME IN THE U.S., AND LANGUAGE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DIET AMONG INNER-CITY PUERTO RICAN WOMEN KEYWORDS

Autor:	Ann Bretnall, Angela Bermúdez, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, David Himmelgreen, Yu-Kuei Peng
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	Consumption (economics) Gerontology Ecology media_common.quotation_subject Dietary intake Immigration Food consumption Medicine (miscellaneous) Puerto rican General Medicine Acculturation Food group Geography Inner city Food Science Demography media_common
Zdroj:	Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 44:105-122
ISSN:	1543-5237 0367-0244
DOI:	10.1080/03670240590923514
Popis:	This study examined whether the length of time in the U.S., language use, and birthplace were associated with food consumption among 174 low-income Puerto Rican women in Hartford, Connecticut. A condensed food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was used to examine the dietary intake for various food groups and composite food groups among the studied women. Length of time in the U.S. was positively associated with the frequency of consumption of artificial drinks such as sodas and fruit drinks (P=.048). Respondents in households where English was the primary language spoken reported a higher frequency of consumption of artificial drinks when compared to those living in bilingual and monolingual Spanish-speaking households (P=0.05). The frequency of consumption of snack foods (e.g., chips) was greater among bilingual speakers than monolingual Spanish speakers (P=.01). Finally, women born in Puerto Rico drank fruit juices more frequently than those born in the U.S. (P=.02). There were no other statistically signi...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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