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Iron Status and Family Structure of Teenage Girls in a Low-Income Area

Ann A. Hertzler

University of Missouri, Columbia 65201; W. Yamanaka, University of Washington, Seattle 98195

William Yamanaka

University of Missouri, Columbia 65201; W. Yamanaka, University of Washington, Seattle 98195

Carol Nenninger

University of Missouri, Columbia 65201; W. Yamanaka, University of Washington, Seattle 98195

Areva Abernathy

University of Missouri, Columbia 65201; W. Yamanaka, University of Washington, Seattle 98195

A study of 257 teenage girls in a low-income area of Missouri included dietary status (Iron Intake and Iron Frequency Scores), nutrition knowledge (Iron Knowledge Score), nutri tional status (hematocrit), and family structure measures. Varying correlations occurred among the indicators of dietary status, knowledge level, and nutritional status. Few of these indicators were directly associated with family structure. Since family structure was con sidered an important variable in understanding food habits, associations between these iron measures were studied by controlling for low and high family structure scores. For girls with low family structure scores, hematocrit was negatively correlated with the two dietary measures of iron; but girls who ranked in the upper portion had hematocrits that had little correlation with the two dietary iron measures. The negative correlation between hematocrit and dietary measures with girls receiving low family structure scores suggests the importance of including nutrition as well as some aspect of group dynamics in educa tion programs.

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2, 92-99 (1976)
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X7600500204
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