Assessing diet quality in a population of low-income pregnant women: A comparison between native Americans and whites

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-136

  Watts, Vanessa ^a   Rockett, Helaine ^b   Baer, Heather ^b   Colditz, Graham ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indians; Diet; Diet assessment; Diet quality; Nutrition; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; FAT; FOLIC ACID; IRON; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRUIT; GRAIN; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH DAKOTA; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 33847609595     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-006-0155-2     Document Type: Article

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