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. 2015;54(5):437-54.
doi: 10.1080/03670244.2014.922070. Epub 2015 Jun 2.

Patterns of Food Consumption are Associated with Obesity, Self-Reported Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in Five American Indian Communities

Angela C B Trude  1 , Anna Kharmats, Brittany Jock, Debra Liu, Katherine Lee, Paula Andrea Martins, Marla Pardilla, Jaqueline Swartz, Joel Gittelsohn
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Patterns of Food Consumption are Associated with Obesity, Self-Reported Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in Five American Indian Communities

Angela C B Trude et al. Ecol Food Nutr. 2015.

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Ecol Food Nutr. 2016;55(1):110. doi: 10.1080/03670244.2015.1114339. Ecol Food Nutr. 2016. PMID: 26713901 No abstract available.

Abstract

The relationship between dietary patterns and chronic disease is underexplored in indigenous populations. We assessed diets of 424 American Indian (AI) adults living in 5 rural AI communities. We identified four food patterns. Increased prevalence for cardiovascular disease was highly associated with the consumption of unhealthy snacks and high fat-food patterns (OR 3.6, CI=1.06, 12.3; and OR 6.0, CI=1.63, 22.1), respectively. Moreover, the food-consumption pattern appeared to be different by community setting (p<.05). We recommend culturally appropriate community-intervention programs to promote healthy behavior and to prevent diet-related chronic diseases in this high-risk population.

Keywords: American Indians; cardiovascular disease; diabetes; diet.

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