Comparison of dietary quality among Puerto Ricans living in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico

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• Alternative Title:
  J Immigr Minor Health
• Personal Author:
  Lopez-Cepero, Andrea ; Valencia, Alexandra ; Jimenez, Julio ; Lemon, Stephenie C. ; Palacios, Cristina ; Rosal, Milagros C.
• Description:
  Background
  
  Puerto Ricans are burdened by nutrition-related diseases, with greater disease prevalence among Puerto Ricans residing in the continental U.S. compared to those in Puerto Rico (PR). However, little is known about diet quality of these two groups.
  
  Objective
  
  To compare diet quality of Puerto Ricans in Massachusetts (MA) and PR.
  
  Methods
  
  Puerto Rican patients from health centers in MA (n=42) and PR (n=52) completed a food frequency questionnaire. Diet quality was assessed with the Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI). Analysis included Mann-Whitney, Chi-square and logistic and quantile regressions.
  
  Results
  
  57.1% of participants in MA and 19.6% in PR had a poor diet. Adjusting for age and education, participants in MA were more likely to have a poor diet (OR=3.4; p=0.02) and lower HEI scores than participants in PR.
  
  Conclusion
  
  Diet quality among Puerto Ricans is poor, and is worse among mainland Puerto Ricans compared to islanders.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Age Factors Diet Feeding Behavior Female Hispanic Or Latino Humans Male Middle Aged Prevalence Socioeconomic Factors Young Adult

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• Source:
  J Immigr Minor Health. 19(2):494-498.
• Pubmed ID:
  27534857
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5315670
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P60 MD006912/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; R01 MH085653/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States ; U48 DP005031/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Puerto Rico
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:07092eedaf520aa872d8e431f456c3f42cd8b0e4b37b62e9161ba8ffbe445afd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/44264/cdc_44264_DS1.pdf
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