overty and Food Intake in Rural America: Diet uality Is Lower in Food Insecure Adults in the ississippi Delta

n e a t a t m t t BSTRACT bjective To determine if measures of diet quality differ etween food insecure and food secure adults in a rural igh-risk population. esign Random digit dialing telephone survey of a crossection of the population designed to collect data on food ntake, household demographics, and food security staus. etting A representative sample of adults who live in 36 ounties in the Lower Mississippi Delta region of Arkanas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. ubjects One thousand six hundred seven adults, both hite and African American. ain outcome measures Food security status and diet qualty, as defined by adherence to the Healthy Eating Index nd Dietary Reference Intakes by determinations from elf-reported food intake (1 day intake).