title: Factors Correlated to Protective and Risk Dietary Patterns in Immigrant Latino Mothers in Non-metropolitan Rural Communities.
abstract: Immigrant Latinos face conditions which over time negatively impact their nutritional behaviors and health outcomes. Our objective was to evaluate associations between environmental and lifestyle factors and both protective dietary patterns (e.g., intake of fruits and vegetables) and harmful dietary patterns (e.g., consumption of salty snacks and fast food). Surveys were individually and orally administered to 105 foreign-born Latina mothers living in rural locations in a Midwestern state. Principal component analysis created composite variables for each construct and Spearman correlations were conducted to determine associations. Protective dietary patterns were positively associated with access to food and information (ρs = 0.21) and language acculturation (ρs = 0.24), and negatively associated with family challenges (ρs = -0.31). Food insecurity was negatively associated with harmful dietary patterns (ρs = -0.24). Findings suggest that rural Latino dietary interventions should be complemented with comprehensive strategies addressing environmental and lifestyle factors across ecological domains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2006 Christopher Hall, MC-081, 904 W. Nevada Street, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Torres-Aguilar
authors.affiliation: Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teran-Garcia
authors.affiliation: Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2006 Christopher Hall, MC-081, 904 W. Nevada Street, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. awiley@illinois.edu.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wiley
authors.affiliation: Department of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2006 Christopher Hall, MC-081, 904 W. Nevada Street, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raffaelli
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morales
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D004032:Diet / Q000208:ethnology*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D005523:Food Supply; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style / Q000208:ethnology*; D009035:Mothers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Dietary patterns; Ecological model; Latina; Rural