Nativity and duration of time in the United States: differences in fruit and vegetable intake among low-income postpartum women

Am J Public Health. 2007 Oct;97(10):1787-90. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.074856. Epub 2007 Aug 29.

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.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Boston
  • Diet / statistics & numerical data*
  • Ethnicity*
  • Female
  • Fruit*
  • Humans
  • Postpartum Period*
  • Poverty*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Time Factors
  • Vegetables*