Correlates of Prenatal Diet Quality in Low-Income Hispanic Women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low-income Hispanic women are at-risk of poor prenatal diet quality. Correlates associated with prenatal diet quality in this group of women are understudied.

Objective

The objective of this study was to examine the associations between financial, cultural, psychosocial, and lifestyle correlates and prenatal diet quality in low-income Hispanic women.

Design

This cross-sectional analysis used data from pregnant women enrolled in the Starting Early Trial, a randomized-controlled trial of a primary-care based child obesity prevention program beginning in pregnancy. The trial enrolled women from clinics affiliated with a large urban medical center in New York City from 2012 to 2014. Financial, cultural, psychosocial, and lifestyle variables were collected using

SUBMITTER: Thomas Berube L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6663603 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature