Nativity and duration of time in the United States: differences in fruit and vegetable intake among low-income postpartum women.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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Abstract
Limited research has examined the association of diet with immigrant status, adjusting for multiple socio-demographic and contextual influences. Among 662 WIC-eligible postpartum women, those who were foreign-born and had lived in the United States for 4 or fewer years consumed 2.5 more fruit and vegetable servings daily than native-born women; this difference diminished with longer US residence. White women consumed 1 serving less than Latinas, and those speaking both English and Spanish at home consumed 1.4 servings more than English-only speakers after adjusting for other covariates.
Medical subject headings
- Diet
- Ethnicity
- Fruit
- Postpartum Period
- Poverty
- Vegetables