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

Author

Mary Leigh Miller, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Date of Award

12-1997

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Nutrition

Major Professor

Betsy Haughton

Committee Members

Paula Zemel, Eugene Fitzhugh

Abstract

(From the Introduction)

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.

Recommended Citation

Miller, Mary Leigh, "Relationships Among Food Insufficiency, Dietary Status Index, and Food Group Intake in Women of Childbearing Age: Secondary Data Analysis of NHANES III. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1997.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/3881