Abstract
Immigrants represent a rising proportion of the US population and are disproportionally affected by obesity. We analyzed baseline data from 333 women (19–55 y) participating in Live Well, a community‐based, participatory, randomized controlled lifestyle intervention to prevent undesirable weight gain in mother/child dyads from Brazil, Haiti and other Latin American countries living in the Boston Area. Food group intakes were assessed using two 24‐h recalls. General linear models were used to calculate adjusted prevalence of meeting 50% of USDA recommended whole‐grain servings and 100% of recommended servings for other food groups by socioeconomic variables and weight. BMI decreased across quartiles of low fat dairy intake only among Latinas (P trend=0.01) and increased across quartiles of fruit intake only among participants classified as obese (P trend=0.004). Prevalence of meeting food group recommendations was significantly lower in Haitians compared to Latinas for whole grains (9% vs. 29%), compared to Brazilians for dairy (0% vs. 10%), compared to Latinas and Brazilians for non‐starchy vegetables (14 vs. 44 and 36%, respectively) and for vegetables (10 vs. 35 and 27%, respectively). Prevalence of meeting recommendations for nons‐tarchy vegetables increased with education (P trend=0.02). Adhering to dietary recommendations was strongly determined by ethnicity in this group of recent immigrants.Support was provided by NIH grant RO1HD057841
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