A healthy diet is associated with lower risk of chronic disease. African Americans generally
have poor diet quality and experience a higher burden of many chronic diseases. We …

Objective: Overall diet patterns may be a better predictor of disease risk than specific
nutrients or individual foods. The purpose of this study is to examine how overall diet …

Objectives: The goal of this research was to assess the roles of demographic and home food
environment characteristics on diet quality measured with the US Department of …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine associations of sociodemographic and
lifestyle factors with diet quality in a multiethnic population. Methods The analysis included …

Little is known about deep-structure (ie, embedded) cultural attitudes toward healthy eating
among Hispanics/Latinos in the United States. This study aimed to identify ethnic-specific …

We sought to explore concepts of healthy diet and to elicit recommendations to support
healthier eating among urban, low-income, African Americans. We conducted semi …

Ethnicities within Black populations have not been distinguished in most nutrition studies.
We sought to examine dietary differences between African Americans (AA) and Haitian …

African Americans in the United States suffer from many health disparities such as obesity,
diabetes or hypertension. Lifestyle factors including diet and physical activity play an …

Unhealthy eating increases risks for chronic disease. Few studies have examined the
multifaceted aspects of dietary intake of low-income, urban African-American adolescents …

Objective: To understand how diet quality affects chronic disease etiology, the associations
of 4 a priori diet quality indices with blood levels of lipid-soluble micronutrients and …