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Differences in Diet Pattern Adherence by Nativity and Duration of US Residence in the Mexican-American Population
Journal of the American Dietetic Association
Vol. 111Issue 10p1563–1569.e2Published in issue: October, 2011
- Anastasia Sofianou
- Teresa T. Fung
- Katherine L. Tucker
Cited in Scopus: 43
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.