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Factors Correlated to Protective and Risk Dietary Patterns in Immigrant Latino Mothers in Non-metropolitan Rural Communities

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Immigrant Latinos face conditions which over time negatively impact their nutritional behaviors and health outcomes. Our objective was to evaluate associations between environmental and lifestyle factors and both protective dietary patterns (e.g., intake of fruits and vegetables) and harmful dietary patterns (e.g., consumption of salty snacks and fast food). Surveys were individually and orally administered to 105 foreign-born Latina mothers living in rural locations in a Midwestern state. Principal component analysis created composite variables for each construct and Spearman correlations were conducted to determine associations. Protective dietary patterns were positively associated with access to food and information (ρs = 0.21) and language acculturation (ρs = 0.24), and negatively associated with family challenges (ρs = −0.31). Food insecurity was negatively associated with harmful dietary patterns (ρs = −0.24). Findings suggest that rural Latino dietary interventions should be complemented with comprehensive strategies addressing environmental and lifestyle factors across ecological domains.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the Illinois Department of Human Services, Bureau of Child Care and Development; the Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies; the Family Resiliency Center and the Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society, UIUC; and the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Hatch Grants to M. Raffaelli (Project No. 600108-793000-793323) and A. Wiley (Project No. ILLU-793-321-0205791).

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  1. Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2006 Christopher Hall, MC-081, 904 W. Nevada Street, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Pablo Torres-Aguilar, Angela Wiley & Marcela Raffaelli

  2. Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

    Margarita Teran-Garcia

  3. Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

    Melissa Morales

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Torres-Aguilar, P., Teran-Garcia, M., Wiley, A. et al. Factors Correlated to Protective and Risk Dietary Patterns in Immigrant Latino Mothers in Non-metropolitan Rural Communities. J Immigrant Minority Health 18, 652–659 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-015-0212-2

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