Diet Quality of Pregnant American Indian Women in the Northern Plains

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Ferranti, Erin P. ; Hartman, Terryl J. ; Elliott, Amy J. ; Mitchell, Diane C. ; Angal, Jyoti ; Nickleach, Dana ; Bellissimo, Moriah ; Breslow, Rosalind
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  We examined diet quality and intake of pregnancy-specific micronutrients among pregnant American Indian women in the Northern Plains.
  
  Methods
  
  We conducted an analysis of nutrition data from the Prenatal Alcohol and SIDS and Stillbirth (PASS) Network Safe Passage Study and the PASS Diet Screener study (N = 170). Diet intake, including dietary supplementation, was assessed by using three 24-hour recalls conducted on randomly selected, nonconsecutive days. Diet intake data were averaged across the participant’s recalls and scored for 2 dietary indices: the Healthy Eating Index 2010 (HEI-2010) and the Alternate Healthy Eating Index for Pregnancy (AHEI-P). We also assessed nutrient adequacy with Dietary Reference Intakes for pregnancy.
  
  Results
  
  On average, participants were aged 26.9 (standard deviation [SD], 5.5) years with a pre-pregnancy body mass index of 29.8 (SD, 7.5) kg/m2. Mean AHEI-P and HEI-2010 scores (52.0 [SD, 9.0] and 49.2 [SD, 11.1], respectively) indicated inadequate adherence to dietary recommendations. Micronutrient intake for vitamins D and K, choline, calcium, and potassium were lower than recommended, and sodium intake was higher than recommended.
  
  Conclusion
  
  Our findings that pregnant American Indian women are not adhering to dietary recommendations is consistent with studies in other US populations. Identifying opportunities to partner with American Indian communities is necessary to ensure effective and sustainable interventions to promote access to and consumption of foods and beverages that support the adherence to recommended dietary guidelines during pregnancy.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Original Research
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 16
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd16.180536
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  31022368
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6513482
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U01 HD055154/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; U01 HD045991/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; P30 CA138292/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U01 HD045935/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; U01 AA016501/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States ; U01 HD055155/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
• Volume:
  16
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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