Correlates of fat intake among urban, low income African Americans.
OBJECTIVE
To test a dietary intervention for high risk African American adults with small children.


METHODS
Using telephone data, logistic regression was used to identify association of low-fat eating behaviors, fat calories, and frequency of sweets/oils/fats with personal and environmental variables.


RESULTS
Education and income were associated with low-fat eating behaviors, fat calories, and frequency of fat/oils/sweets. Availability, price, and policy were related to low fat eating behaviors.


CONCLUSIONS
Effectiveness of dietary interventions relies upon environments that support changes by the individual. Focusing on high-risk populations should be a priority in this research.
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA. eyleras@accessus.net
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D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002755:Choice Behavior; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004522:Educational Status; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010507:Periodicity; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
D004041:Dietary Fats