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.
Greenberg
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MR
New Jersey Graduate Program in Public Health, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. mrg@rci.rutgers.edu
Schneider
D
D
Northridge
M E
ME
Ganz
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ML
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