Open AccessDiet Quality Differs by Race/Ethnicity Among Mothers and Their Children from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program–Education Households
Author(s) -
Fred Molitor,
Celeste Doerr
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
health equity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2473-1242
DOI - 10.1089/heq.2021.0007
Subject(s) - ethnic group , acculturation , demography , medicine , african american , race (biology) , white (mutation) , environmental health , low income , household income , cross sectional study , gerontology , geography , political science , socioeconomics , sociology , gender studies , biochemistry , ethnology , chemistry , archaeology , law , gene , pathology
Purpose: To investigate diet quality by race/ethnicity among mothers and their children from low-income households throughout California. Methods: Cross-sectional telephone surveys of mothers and their children from randomly sampled households using a validated 24-h dietary assessment. Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015) scores were calculated. Results: The mean HEI-2015 scores were lower for African American and white mothers and children compared with Latinx mothers and children. Conclusion: Addressing poor levels of overall diet quality among African American and white mothers and children from low-income households is of public health importance. Reasons for Latinxs' superior diet quality may include limited acculturation to U.S. culture.