title: Perceived access and actual intake of healthy diets among households in vulnerable Salvadoran communities.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to examine the dietary intake of Salvadoran households according to perceived access to healthy meals (PAHD), and to identify household characteristics associated with diet quality and PAHD.
  
  
  METHODS
  Secondary data analysis with a sample of 139 Salvadoran households from resource-poor communities in El Salvador. Chi-square tests and ANOVA were used to assess differences in dietary intake across households classified according to PAHD.
  
  
  RESULTS
  High-PAHD households had higher women's education, household food security levels, overall diet quality, and variety, and higher intakes of animal products, fats, cholesterol, vitamin C, and sodium (P < .05). Diet quality was not associated with the household characteristics studied.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overall diet quality was associated with higher levels of PAHD, but some differences in intakes were not as expected, such as higher intakes in foods and nutrients associated with low-quality diets, among high PAHD households.
authors.affiliation: Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fuster
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Houser
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Messer
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Palma de Fulladolsa
authors.forename: Hedi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Deman
authors.forename: Odilia I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Bermudez
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004032:Diet / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004034:Diet Surveys; D004544:El Salvador / Q000453:epidemiology; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005523:Food Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009753:Nutritive Value; D011203:Poverty; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: El Salvador; diet quality; food security; nutritional transitions