Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez

TL;DR: This primer will equip both scientists and practitioners to understand the ontology and methodology of scale development and validation, thereby facilitating the advancement of the understanding of a range of health, social, and behavioral outcomes.

TL;DR: Assessment of the quality of the current intakes of fruits and vegetables compared to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans in US children and adolescents found children aged 2 to 5 years had significantly higher total fruit and juice intakes than 6- to 11- and 12- to 18-year-olds, and boys consumed significantly more fruit juice and french fries than girls.

TL;DR: Dietetics professionals working with low-income Hispanic-American families should screen for different levels of food insecurity to determine needs for nutrition education and other services.

TL;DR: Evidence is offered that the US HFSSM is able to discriminate between households at different levels of food insecurity status in diverse developing world settings, and significantly higher total DPC food expenditures as well as expenditures on animal source foods, vegetables, and fats and oils than moderately and severely food-insecure households.

TL;DR: In Latino households, greater food insecurity is associated with a lower variety of most foods, particularly fruits and vegetables, and future research in Latino households should explore the effects of seasonal food insecurity and household food shortages on food intake of individual household members, especially young children.