Abstract
Literature on the diet of the Mexican-American population suggests that food consumption
differs by nativity and duration of residence in the United States. However, no studies
have used dietary pattern analysis to investigate these differences. To create dietary
patterns, we used principal components analysis on food frequency questionnaire data
for all adult respondents of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
years 2003-2006. Four dietary patterns were identified: Western, Healthy, Tomato/Tortilla,
and Coffee/Sugar. Least squares means regression was used to test differences in adjusted
mean dietary adherence scores among Mexico-born Mexican-American adults residing in
the United States for <15 years (n=302), Mexico-born Mexican-American adults residing
in the United States for ≥15 years (n=234), US-born Mexican-American adults (n=509),
and US-born non-Hispanic whites (n=2,530) aged 18 to 69 years. Mean score for each
diet pattern did not differ significantly by duration of US residence category in
the Mexico-born Mexican-American population. However, in comparison to all Mexico-born
Mexican Americans, US-born Mexican Americans had significantly lower score for the
Tomato/Tortilla pattern, and significantly higher score for the Western pattern. Scores
for the Healthy pattern were relatively low in all Mexican-American subgroups, indicating
low adherence to the Healthy diet. However, Healthy diet scores of Mexico-born Mexican
Americans among those aged ≤41 years appeared more similar to those of US-born non-Hispanic
whites than US-born Mexican Americans. Education and policy action promoting healthy
food access in Hispanic neighborhoods could help limit consumption of Western and
Coffee/Sugar diet patterns and promote healthier choices in the Mexican-American population.
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Biography
A. Sofianou is a research associate, Boston Puerto Rican Health Study, Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Biography
T. T. Fung is an associate professor of nutrition, Simmons College, Boston, MA, and an adjunct associate professor of nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, MA
Biography
K. L. Tucker is professor and chair, Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
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Accepted:
May 5,
2011
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