1. Food Insecurity: Its Relationship to Dietary Intake and Body Weight among Somali Refugee Women in the United States.
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Dharod, Jigna M., Croom, Jamar E., and Sady, Christine G.
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DIET , *REFUGEES , *WOMEN'S health , *EGGS , *ACCULTURATION , *ANTHROPOMETRY , *BODY weight , *CHI-squared test , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *EPIDEMIOLOGY , *FRUIT , *INTERVIEWING , *MEAT , *MOTHERS , *NUTRITIONAL assessment , *OBESITY , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *STATISTICAL sampling , *SCALES (Weighing instruments) , *STATISTICAL hypothesis testing , *T-test (Statistics) , *VEGETABLES , *LOGISTIC regression analysis , *STATISTICAL power analysis , *DATA analysis , *BODY mass index , *CROSS-sectional method , *FOOD security , *DATA analysis software , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,RESEARCH evaluation - Abstract
Objective: To examine the association between food insecurity, dietary intake, and body mass index among Somali refugee women living in the United States. Methods: Cross-sectional study utilizing the snowball sampling method. Results: Most (67%) participants experienced some level of food insecurity, which was common among recent arrivals and those who spoke only Somali at home (P < .05). Intake of meat and eggs was higher, whereas intake of fruits and vegetables was lower, among food insecure than secure participants. Food insecurity was positively related to overweight and obesity (odds ratio: 2.66; confidence interval: 1.25-5.69; P
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- 2013
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