Region of birth and black diets: the Harlem Household Survey.
OBJECTIVE
This study compared dietary risk factors among Southern-born and other Blacks in Central Harlem.


METHODS
A survey of residents of Central Harlem was used to compute a "healthy diet" score for 621 subjects.


RESULTS
Southern-born respondents had the highest-risk diets. Although their numbers were small, Caribbean-born respondents, particularly those younger than 45 years, had the lowest-risk diets.


CONCLUSIONS
The variation in diets in Central Harlem was considerable, with Southern-born Blacks at highest dietary risk for chronic diseases. These results remain to be tested elsewhere, as does the contribution of other chronic disease risk factors.
New Jersey Graduate Program in Public Health, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. mrg@rci.rutgers.edu
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017691:Caribbean Region / Q000208:ethnology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014675:Vegetables