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Comparison of Dietary Quality Among Puerto Ricans Living in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico

dc.contributor.authorLopez-Cepero, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorValencia, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorJimenez, Julio
dc.contributor.authorLemon, Stephenie C.
dc.contributor.authorPalacios, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorRosal, Milagros C.
dc.date2022-08-11T08:08:21.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T15:52:14Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T15:52:14Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-01
dc.date.submitted2017-06-14
dc.identifier.citationJ Immigr Minor Health. 2017 Apr;19(2):494-498. doi: 10.1007/s10903-016-0480-5. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0480-5">Link to article on publisher's site</a>
dc.identifier.issn1557-1912 (Linking)
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10903-016-0480-5
dc.identifier.pmid27534857
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/29090
dc.description.abstractPuerto 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. To compare diet quality of Puerto Ricans in Massachusetts (MA) and PR. 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. 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. Diet quality among Puerto Ricans is poor, and is worse among mainland Puerto Ricans compared to islanders.
dc.language.isoen_US
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dc.relation.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0480-5
dc.subjectDiet quality
dc.subjectHealthy Eating Index
dc.subjectLatino
dc.subjectPuerto Ricans
dc.subjectCommunity Health and Preventive Medicine
dc.subjectDietetics and Clinical Nutrition
dc.subjectPreventive Medicine
dc.titleComparison of Dietary Quality Among Puerto Ricans Living in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleJournal of immigrant and minority health
dc.source.volume19
dc.source.issue2
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/faculty_pubs/1317
dc.identifier.contextkey10302874
html.description.abstract<p>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. To compare diet quality of Puerto Ricans in Massachusetts (MA) and PR. 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. 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. Diet quality among Puerto Ricans is poor, and is worse among mainland Puerto Ricans compared to islanders.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathfaculty_pubs/1317
dc.contributor.departmentUMass Worcester Prevention Research Center
dc.contributor.departmentDivision of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine
dc.source.pages494-498


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