Higher Diet Quality in Latina Women during Pregnancy May Be Associated with Sociodemographic Factors.

ABSTRACT: Acculturation contributes to low diet quality and can foster health inequities for Latina women during pregnancy. Conversely, nutrition literacy (NL) increases diet quality and could promote health equity. This study assessed the associations between the diet quality, acculturation, and NL of Latina women (n = 99) participating in the Assessment of Docosahexaenoic Acid On Reducing Early Preterm Birth (ADORE) study. Acculturation and nutrition literacy factored together tended to modify diet quality, but this was not statistically significant. Diet quality was associated with acculturation, age, and nativity. Most (76.8%) demonstrated low nutrition literacy. Women who were bicultural and were born in Latin American countries other than Mexico had lower diet quality scores than women who had

SUBMITTER: Teruel Camargo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9657950 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature