Association of Living in a Food Desert and Poor Periconceptional Diet Quality in a Cohort of Nulliparous Pregnant Individuals
Venkatesh K, Walker D, Yee L, Wu J, Garner J, McNeil B, Haas D, Mercer B, Reddy U, Silver R, Wapner R, Saade G, Parry S, Simhan H, Lindsay K, Grobman W. Association of Living in a Food Desert and Poor Periconceptional Diet Quality in a Cohort of Nulliparous Pregnant Individuals. Journal Of Nutrition 2023, 153: 2432-2441. PMID: 37364682, PMCID: PMC10447609, DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.06.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiet qualityPregnant individualsDietary qualityNulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes StudyWorse dietary qualityAdverse pregnancy outcomesHealthy Eating IndexPregnancy Outcomes StudyAdverse social determinantsFood desertsPregnancy outcomesProspective cohortTotal vegetablesMean HEIMonitoring MothersLowest quartileOutcome studiesPoor dietExcess intakeEmpty caloriesSocial determinantsAdequacy componentsAssessed individualsSupermarket accessFood access indicators