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Maternal Dietary Quality and Socio-demographic Status and their Association with Food Insecurity in the St. George Region of Trinidad and Tobago

DOI: 
10.7727/wimj.2016.048
Synopsis: 
This exploratory study sought to understand the relationship between food insecurity, socio-demographic status (SDS) and diet quality in a sample of pregnant mothers in Trinidad As households tended towards severe food insecurity, their SDS decreased; overall diet quality was not statistically significant with food security status in this sample, neither was multigravidity statistically significant with higher diet quality.

ABSTRACT

Objective: This exploratory study sought to understand the relationship between food insecurity, socio-demographic status (SDS) and diet quality in a sample of pregnant mothers in Trinidad.

Accepted: 
25 May, 2016
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e-Published: 22 Jul, 2016

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