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Income and Race/Ethnicity Are Associated with Adherence to Food-Based Dietary Guidance among US Adults and Children

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The diets of some subpopulations, particularly individuals in lower-income households and non-Hispanic blacks, are especially poor in relation to dietary recommendations, supporting the need for comprehensive strategies to enable healthier dietary intake patterns.
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This article is published in Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.The article was published on 2012-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 379 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Family income & National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

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The Healthy Eating Index-2010 Is a Valid and Reliable Measure of Diet Quality According to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans

TL;DR: The validity and the reliability of both versions of the HEI are supported, with low correlations with energy observed for HEI-2010 total and component scores, and PCA indicated multiple underlying dimensions, highlighting the fact that the component scores are equally as important as the total.
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Diet Quality of Americans Differs by Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity, Income, and Education Level

TL;DR: The Healthy Eating Index-2005 was used to describe the diet quality of Americans by varying sociodemographic characteristics in order to provide insight as to where diets need to improve.
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Trends in Dietary Quality Among Adults in the United States, 1999 Through 2010

TL;DR: Although a steady improvement in AHEI-2010 was observed across the 12-year period, the overall dietary quality remains poor and the gap between low and high socioeconomic status widened with time.
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Fundamental constructs in food parenting practices: A content map to guide future research

TL;DR: A critical appraisal of food parenting practices, including clear terminology and definitions, by a working group of content experts and the development of a content map for future research that presents 3 overarching, higher-order food parenting constructs--coercive control, structure, and autonomy support--as well as specific practice subconstructs.
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Consumption of ultra-processed foods and associated sociodemographic factors in the USA between 2007 and 2012: evidence from a nationally representative cross-sectional study

TL;DR: Overall contribution of ultra-processed foods increased significantly between NHANES cycles (nearly 1% point per cycle), the same being observed among males, adolescents and high school education-level individuals.
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Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2008.

TL;DR: The increases in the prevalence of obesity previously observed do not appear to be continuing at the same rate over the past 10 years, particularly for women and possibly for men.
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Neighborhood Environments: Disparities in Access to Healthy Foods in the U.S.

TL;DR: Neighborhood disparities in access to food are of great concern because of their potential to influence dietary intake and obesity and additional research is needed to address various limitations of current studies, identify effective policy actions, and evaluate intervention strategies designed to promote more equitable access to healthy foods.
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Socioeconomic Disparities in Health in the United States: What the Patterns Tell Us

TL;DR: Health in the United States is often, though not invariably, patterned strongly along both socioeconomic and racial/ethnic lines, suggesting links between hierarchies of social advantage and health.
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Analysis of Health Surveys

TL;DR: Basic Survey Methodology and Statistical Analysis with Survey Data: Cross--Sectional Analyses.
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