Region of birth and black diets: The Harlem household survey

M.R. Greenberg, D. Schneider, M.E. Northridge and M.L. Ganz

American Journal of Public Health, 1998, vol. 88, issue 8, 1199-1202

Abstract: Objectives. This study compared dietary risk factors among Southern- born and other Blacks in Central Harlem. Methods. A survey of residents of Central Harlem was used to compute a 'healthy diet' score for 261 subjects. Results. Southern-born respondents had the highest-risk diets. Although their numbers were small, Caribbean-born respondents, particularly those younger than 45 years, had the lowest-risk diets. Conclusions. The variation in diets in Central Harlem was considerable, with Southern-born Blacks at highest dietary risk for chronic diseases. These results remain to be tested elsewhere, as does the contribution of other chronic disease risk factors.

Date: 1998
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