Nativity and Nutritional Behaviors in the Mexican Origin Population Living in the US-Mexico Border Region
Nativity and Nutritional Behaviors in the Mexican Origin Population Living in the US-Mexico Border Region
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DOI：
10.1007/s10903-010-9342-8
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发表时间：
2011-02-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Reininger, Belinda
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作者：
Montoya, Jared A.;Salinas, Jennifer J.;Reininger, Belinda
本研究的目的是确定出生和营养行为和信仰之间的关系，在墨西哥裔美国人的人口生活在南得克萨斯州边境地区。研究人员对生活在德克萨斯州南部边境地区的墨西哥裔美国人进行了抽样调查，以评估他们的营养行为和信仰。出生是以受试者是否出生在美国或墨西哥来衡量的。营养行为的测量使用SPAN和指数被用来衡量障碍，良好的营养，饮食自我效能，和饮食的重要性。采用OLS回归分析，并对社会人口因素进行了调整。美国出生的墨西哥裔美国人和墨西哥出生的墨西哥裔美国人之间的差异存在于营养观念，但不存在于行为。墨西哥出生的墨西哥裔美国人报告说，他们的饮食选择更重要，并报告更大的食物自我效能比他们的美国出生的墨西哥裔美国人同行。社会经济地位只影响美国出生的墨西哥裔美国人的营养观念，而对墨西哥出生的墨西哥裔美国人没有观察到同样的效果。尽管边境地区的整体文化适应水平较低，但移民和美国出生的墨西哥裔美国人之间的饮食信仰仍然存在，而不是美国出生的墨西哥裔美国人的行为。
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between nativity and nutritional behaviors and beliefs in the Mexican American population living in the South Texas border region. Mexican Americans living the border region of South Texas were sampled to assess their nutrition behaviors and beliefs. Nativity was measured as whether subjects were born in the United States or Mexico. Nutritional behaviors were measured using the SPAN and indexes were used to measure barriers to good nutrition, dietary self-efficacy, and dietary importance. OLS regression analysis was used and adjustments were made for sociodemographic factors. Differences between US-born Mexican Americans and Mexico-born Mexican Americans existed in nutritional beliefs, but not in behaviors. Mexico-born Mexican Americans reported their dietary choices as more important and reported greater food self-efficacy than their US-born Mexican American counterparts. Socioeconomic status influenced US-born Mexican Americans nutritional beliefs only and the same effect was not observed for Mexico-born Mexican Americans. Despite low levels of overall acculturation in the border region dietary beliefs still exist between immigrants and US-born Mexican Americans in dietary beliefs, but, not behaviors in US-born Mexican Americans.