Browsing by Subject "Dietary guidance"

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    Does an Apple (or Many) Each Day, Keep Mortality Away?
    (American Society of Nephrology, 2019-02-07) Moorthi, Ranjani N.; Medicine, School of Medicine
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    Racial or Ethnic and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Adherence to National Dietary Guidance in a Large Cohort of US Pregnant Women
    (Elsevier, 2017-06) Bodnar, Lisa M.; Simhan, Hyagriv N.; Parker, Corette B.; Meier, Heather; Mercer, Brian M.; Grobman, William A.; Haas, David M.; Wing, Deborah A.; Hoffman, Matthew K.; Parry, Samuel; Silver, Robert M.; Saade, George R.; Wapner, Ronald; Iams, Jay D.; Wadhwa, Pathik D.; Elovitz, Michal; Peaceman, Alan M.; Esplin, Sean; Barnes, Shannon; Reddy, Uma M.; Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine
    BACKGROUND: The significance of periconceptional nutrition for optimizing offspring and maternal health and reducing social inequalities warrants greater understanding of diet quality among US women. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to evaluate racial or ethnic and education inequalities in periconceptional diet quality and sources of energy and micronutrients. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis of data from the Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study: Monitoring Mothers-to-Be cohort. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Nulliparous women (N=7,511) were enrolled across eight US medical centers from 2010 to 2013. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: A semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire assessing usual dietary intake during the 3 months around conception was self-administered during the first trimester. Diet quality, measured using the Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI-2010), and sources of energy and micronutrients were the outcomes. STATISTICAL ANALYSES: Differences in diet quality were tested across maternal racial or ethnic and education groups using F tests associated with analysis of variance and χ2 tests. RESULTS: HEI-2010 score increased with higher education, but the increase among non-Hispanic black women was smaller than among non-Hispanic whites and Hispanics (interaction P value <0.0001). For all groups, average scores for HEI-2010 components were below recommendations. Top sources of energy were sugar-sweetened beverages, pasta dishes, and grain desserts, but sources varied by race or ethnicity and education. Approximately 34% of energy consumed was from empty calories (the sum of energy from added sugars, solid fats, and alcohol beyond moderate levels). The primary sources of iron, folate, and vitamin C were juices and enriched breads. CONCLUSIONS: Diet quality is suboptimal around conception, particularly among women who are non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, or who had less than a college degree. Diet quality could be improved by substituting intakes of refined grains and foods empty in calories with vegetables, peas and beans (legumes), seafood, and whole grains.