Relationships Among Food Insufficiency, Dietary Status Index, and Food Group Intake in Women of Childbearing Age: Secondary Data Analysis of NHANES III

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The purpose of this research was to study women of childbearing age at different levels of food sufficiency and to examine differences in relationships between food group intake and DSI. Specifically, this study attempted to determine if intake of a particular food group relates to dietary status (DSI) differently when women experience food insufficiency compared to food sufficiency. Examination of such relationships serves as a foundation for appropriate, population-specific interventions, policy-making agendas, and further surveillance efforts which affect women of childbearing age and their families. The following text is a review of current literature on which the study was founded.