ArticleMaternal and child health journal2016
Fast Food Intake in Relation to Employment Status, Stress, Depression, and Dietary Behaviors in Low-Income Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women.
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- Optimizing Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Psychosocial Risk Factors Affecting Perinatal Black/African-American Women with Substance Use Disorder in the United States.Maternal and child health journal · 2022Pooled it
- Stress-Induced Eating Among Racial/Ethnic Groups in the United States: a Systematic Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2021Pooled it
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- The Impact of Employment and Economic Perception on Nutrition and Depression Among Cancer Survivors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Arabic translation and psychometric testing of the prenatal eating behaviors screening tool.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Young women's food consumption and mental health: the role of employment.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Reduced n-3 and n-6 PUFA (DHA and AA) Concentrations in Breast Milk and Erythrocytes Phospholipids during Pregnancy and Lactation in Women with Obesity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Stress and Depressive Symptoms Are Not Associated with Overall Diet Quality, But Are Associated with Aspects of Diet Quality in Pregnant Women in South Carolina.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2021Article
- Unhealthy Food and Psychological Stress: The Association between Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Perceived Stress in Working-Class Young Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Associations of maternal stress and/or depressive symptoms with diet quality during pregnancy: a narrative review.Nutrition reviews · 2021Review
- Perceived Stress Can Mediate the Associations between a Lifestyle Intervention and Fat and Fast Food Intakes.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Relationships between stress, demographics and dietary intake behaviours among low-income pregnant women with overweight or obesity.Public health nutrition · 2019Article
- Estimated global overweight and obesity burden in pregnant women based on panel data model.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
Objective This study explored fast food intake as a potential mediator of the relationships among employment status; stress; depression; and fruit, vegetable, and fat intakes by race (African American vs. Non-Hispanic White) and body mass index (BMI category: overweight vs. obesity). Methods Low-income overweight and obese pregnant women (N = 332) were recruited from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children in Michigan. Path analysis was performed to explore mediation effects by race and BMI category. Results Fast food intake mediated the relationship between employment status and fat intake (p = 0.02) in Non-Hispanic White women, but no mediation effect was detected in African American women. For overweight women, fast food intake mediated the relationship between employment status and fat intake (p = 0.04) and the relationship between depression and vegetable intake (p = 0.01). Also, fast food intake partially mediated the relationship between depression and fat intake (p = 0.003). For obese women, fast food intake mediated the relationship between employment status and fat intake (p = 0.04). Conclusion Fast food is an important topic for nutrition education for overweight and obese pregnant women. Future interventions may be more successful if they address issues associated with employment status (e.g., lack of time to plan and cook healthy meals) and depressive mood (e.g., inability to plan meals or shop for groceries when coping with negative emotions).
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