Dietary Fat Consumption, Readiness to Change, and Ethnocultural Association in Midlife African American Women

Daroszewski, Ellen Beth

doi:10.1207/s15327655jchn2102_01

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“…10 Robinson and Hunter reported that the contributions of total fat and saturated fat to total energy consumption were high among urban African Americans (42.7% and 14.6%, respectively). 11 Kristal and colleagues reported that fat-related behaviors and sources of fat were different for African Americans than for Caucasians, with African Americans consuming more fat from meats than dairy.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, some studies do show a relationship between food insecurity and increased body weight in women. 5 In 2006, 10.9% of all households in the United States were food insecure, with food insecurity being highest at 21.8% for African Americans. 6 The risk of obesity was reported to be almost 3 times higher among women from Asian, African American, and Hispanic communities experiencing food insecurity with hunger.…”

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Food Insecurity Is Associated With Food-Related Psychosocial Factors and Behaviors Among Low-Income African American Adults in Baltimore City

Suratkar

Gittelsohn

Song

et al. 2010

Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition

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Using a sample of 175 low-income urban African American adults, we examined the relationship between food insecurity and knowledge, self-efficacy, intentions, healthy and unhealthy food getting, and preparation. Food security was positively associated with employment, possession of health insurance, and residence in West Baltimore. Contrary to expectation, food insecure adults had greater healthy eating self-efficacy and got healthy foods more frequently than food secure respondents. However, they were also less likely to prepare foods using healthy cooking practices. Respondents with higher healthy eating intentions prepared food in healthful ways and acquired unhealthy foods less frequently. Efforts to improve the nutritional health of the food insecure population should focus on psychosocial factors and food-related behaviors.

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Food Insecurity Is Associated With Food-Related Psychosocial Factors and Behaviors Among Low-Income African American Adults in Baltimore City

Suratkar

Gittelsohn

Song

et al. 2010

Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition

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“…These areas have few supermarkets, but do have many small food sources including corner stores, carry-out restaurants, and fast food restaurants [13–15]. Corner stores in Baltimore have limited space and stock primarily high fat and high added sugar items [17].…”

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B’More healthy communities for kids: design of a multi-level intervention for obesity prevention for low-income African American children

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BackgroundChildhood obesity rates in the U.S. have reached epidemic proportions, and an urgent need remains to identify evidence-based strategies for prevention and treatment. Multi-level, multi-component interventions are needed due to the multi-factorial nature of obesity, and its proven links to both the social and built environment. However, there are huge gaps in the literature related to doing these kinds of interventions among low-income, urban, minority groups.MethodsThe B’More Healthy Communities for Kids (BHCK) intervention is a multi-level, multi-component intervention, targeting low-income African American youth ages 10–14 and their families in Baltimore, Maryland. This intervention prevents childhood obesity by working at multiple levels of the food and social environments to increase access to, demand for, and consumption of healthier foods. BHCK works to create systems-level change by partnering with city policy-makers, multiple levels of the food environment (wholesalers, corner stores, carryout restaurants), and the social environment (peers and families). In addition, extensive evaluation will be conducted at each level of the intervention to assess intervention effectiveness via both process and impact measures.DiscussionThis project is novel in multiple ways, including: the inclusion of stakeholders at multiple levels (policy, institutional, and at multiple levels of the food system); that it uses novel computational modeling methodologies to engage policy makers and guide informed decisions of intervention effectiveness; it emphasizes both the built environment (intervening with food sources) and the social environment (intervening with families and peers). The design of the intervention and the evaluation plan of the BHCK project are documented here.Trial registrationNCT02181010 (July 2, 2014).

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“…Other researchers have also found that Black Americans including women have higher fat intakes than Hispanics and Non-Hispanic whites 5, 6, 8, 9, 23, 24. Some of the prevalent fat-related behaviors in SisterTalk were also consistent with previous studies including eating the skin on chicken, frying chicken and fish,8, 9, 24, 25 and a low prevalence of fat lowering behaviors such as: eating meatless meals, eating lower fat cakes and cookies, using low fat food preparation methods 8, 9, 24 .…”

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Dietary Behaviors and Portion Sizes of Black Women Who Enrolled in SisterTalk and Variation by Demographic Characteristics

Gans¹,

Risica²,

Kirtania³

et al. 2009

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

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Objective-To describe the dietary behaviors of Black women who enrolled in the SisterTalk weight control study.Design-Baseline data collected via telephone survey and in-person screening. Setting-Boston, MA and surrounding areas.Participants-A total of 461 Black women completed the baseline.Variables Measured-Measured height and weight; self reported demographics, risk factors, and dietary variables including fat-related eating behaviors, food portion size, fruit, vegetable, and beverage intake.Analysis-Descriptive analyses for demographic, risk factors and dietary variables; ANOVA models with Food Habits Questionnaire (FHQ) scores as the dependent variable and demographic categories as the independent variables; ANOVA models with individual FHQ item scores as the dependent variable, and ethnic identification as the independent variable.Results-The data indicate a low prevalence of many fat lowering behaviors. More than 60% reported eating less than five servings of fruits and vegetables per day. Self-reported portion sizes were large for most foods. Older age, being born outside the US, living without children and being retired were significantly associated with a higher prevalence of fat-lowering behaviors. The frequency of specific fat-lowering behaviors and portion size also differed by ethnic identification.Conclusions and Implications-The findings support the need for culturally appropriate interventions to improve the dietary intake of Black Americans. Further studies should examine the dietary habits, food preparation methods and portion sizes of diverse groups of Black women and how such habits may differ by demographics.

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Dietary Fat Consumption, Readiness to Change, and Ethnocultural Association in Midlife African American Women

Cited by 15 publications

References 16 publications

Food Insecurity Is Associated With Food-Related Psychosocial Factors and Behaviors Among Low-Income African American Adults in Baltimore City

Food Insecurity Is Associated With Food-Related Psychosocial Factors and Behaviors Among Low-Income African American Adults in Baltimore City

B’More healthy communities for kids: design of a multi-level intervention for obesity prevention for low-income African American children

Dietary Behaviors and Portion Sizes of Black Women Who Enrolled in SisterTalk and Variation by Demographic Characteristics

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