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Food and nutrient intakes of Native Hawaiian, Filipino and White children and their caregivers
Author(s) -
Novotny Rachel,
Vijayadeva Vinutha,
Grove John,
Gittelsohn Joel,
Murphy Suzanne
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.744.11
Subject(s) - nutrient , ethnic group , food group , environmental health , medicine , food composition data , gerontology , demography , food science , biology , ecology , sociology , anthropology , orange (colour)
This study examined ethnic differences in food and nutrient intake of children and their caregivers in Hawaii. Caregiver‐child pairs were randomly selected from four low income communities with a high proportion of Native Hawaiian children. Socio‐demographic data and one 24 hour food recall (using a modified USDA five‐step multiple pass method) were collected from each pair (n = 156 pairs: 18 White, 28 Filipino, 110 Native Hawaiian). SAS Proc GLM, ANCOVA, CANCORR and M test were used for data analysis. All models adjusted for season. Community, material style of living and caregiver education were not significant in models, and were dropped from final models. Significant ethnic differences in intakes were (always White higher than either Filipino or Native Hawaiian): 1. children: yogurt food group, 2. caregiver's: whole grain, fruit, meat and cheese food group; calcium, potassium, folate and vitamin C nutrient; and dairy and total fat Healthy Eating Index (HEI). Only caregiver nutrient intake differences remained after adjusting for dairy food group intake. Three multivariate caregiver models testing of the effect of ethnic group on food groups combined, nutrient intakes combined, and HEI component scores combined was significant only for nutrient intakes (p=0.004) and HEI component scores (p=0.01). Funding: USDA 2004‐35215‐14252, Hawaii Department of Health 436851. Grant Funding Source : MARC