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Interrelationship between food security status, home availability of variety of fruits and vegetables and their dietary intake among low-income pregnant women.
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Public Health Nutrition . Mar2018, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p807-815. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- <bold>Objective: </bold>To (i) determine differences in the availability of variety of fruits and vegetables (F&V) at home by food security status; and (ii) examine the inter-associations between food security status, availability of variety of F&V at home and frequency of F&V intake, among low-income pregnant women. Design/Setting Participants were interviewed to collect food security status, home availability of variety of F&V and frequency of F&V intake. Bivariate analyses, multivariate regression and exploratory mediation analyses were conducted using IBM SPSS Statistics version 23.0 and the PROCESS macro.<bold>Subjects: </bold>Low-income pregnant women (n 198) were interviewed if they were ≥18 years of age, in the second trimester of pregnancy, and spoke English or Spanish.<bold>Results: </bold>Low/very low food security was found among 43 % of participants. Compared with fully food-secure participants, very low food-secure participants reported a lower variety of fruits (P=0·028) and vegetables (P=0·058) available at home. Mediation analyses indicated that through home availability of variety of fresh F&V, food security status was associated with the daily intake of F&V (indirect effect (95 % CI): fresh fruits, -0·039 (-0·074, -0·013); fresh vegetables, -0·048 (-0·083, -0·023)). As food security worsened, the available variety of fresh F&V decreased, which was associated with lower intake.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The study highlights the interlink between food security, home food environment and diet quality, and the importance of nutrition education intervention to promote a healthy home food environment and improved pregnancy outcomes among low-income women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13689800
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Public Health Nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 128268870
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980017003032