Perceived Access and Actual Intake of Healthy Diets Among Households in Vulnerable Salvadoran Communities

Abstract Objective This study aimed to examine the dietary intake of Salvadoran households according to perceived access to healthy meals (PAHD), and to identify household characteristics associated with diet quality and PAHD. Methods Secondary data analysis with a sample of 139 Salvadoran household...

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Published in:Journal of nutrition education and behavior 2013-11, Vol.45 (6), p.713-717
Main Authors: Fuster, Melissa, PhD, Houser, Robert F., PhD, Messer, Ellen, PhD, Palma de Fulladolsa, Patricia, MS, Deman, Hedi, MS, Bermudez, Odilia I., PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis of Variance
animal products
ascorbic acid
cholesterol
Data analysis
Diet
Diet - psychology
Diet - statistics & numerical data
diet quality
Diet Surveys
education
El Salvador
El Salvador - epidemiology
Family Characteristics
food security
Food Supply - statistics & numerical data
foods
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Households
Humans
Internal Medicine
Low income groups
Natural & organic foods
nutrients
nutritional adequacy
nutritional transitions
Nutritive Value
Poverty
Socioeconomic Factors
sodium
Variance analysis
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Summary:Abstract Objective This study aimed to examine the dietary intake of Salvadoran households according to perceived access to healthy meals (PAHD), and to identify household characteristics associated with diet quality and PAHD. Methods Secondary data analysis with a sample of 139 Salvadoran households from resource-poor communities in El Salvador. Chi-square tests and ANOVA were used to assess differences in dietary intake across households classified according to PAHD. Results High-PAHD households had higher women's education, household food security levels, overall diet quality, and variety, and higher intakes of animal products, fats, cholesterol, vitamin C, and sodium ( P  < .05). Diet quality was not associated with the household characteristics studied. Conclusions and Implications Overall diet quality was associated with higher levels of PAHD, but some differences in intakes were not as expected, such as higher intakes in foods and nutrients associated with low-quality diets, among high PAHD households.
ISSN:1499-4046
1878-2620
1708-8259
DOI:10.1016/j.jneb.2013.06.002