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Correlates of Dietary Intake Among Men Involved in the MAN for Health Study

San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health, Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, San Diego, California, ayala{at}mail.sdsu.edu

India Ornelas, MPH

Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Scott D. Rhodes, MPH, PhD

Section on Society and Health, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health, and Section on Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

James W. Amell, PhD

Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Janice M. Dodds, EdD, RN

Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Elvira Mebane

Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Orange County Health Department, United Voices of Efland, Hillsborough, North Carolina

Earl Horton, BS

Strengthening The Black Family, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina

Jaime Montano

Chatham Social Health Council, Pittsboro, North Carolina

Janelle Armstrong-Brown, MPH

Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Eugenia Eng, MPH, DrPH

The clustering of diet and other lifestyle behaviors and their psychosocial correlates were examined among 455 Latino and African American men in the U.S. Southeast. Men were recruited by male community health workers and surveys were self-administered in a group format. Latino men were younger, less educated, and more likely to be employed than African American men and reported a lower household income and larger household size. Fruit and vegetable consumption was associated with physical activity (p .001). A more positive attitude toward health was associated with meeting vegetable dietary guidelines (p .05) and consuming fast food less frequently (p .01). Active coping was associated with meeting fruit and vegetable dietary guidelines (p .01 and p .001, respectively), and avoidant coping was associated with greater fast-food consumption (p .001). Latino fast-food consumption was associated with binge drinking (p .001). This research provides evidence for tailoring dietary intervention for men of color.

Key Words: diet • physical activity • coping styles • Latino men • African American men

This version was published on September 1, 2009

American Journal of Men's Health, Vol. 3, No. 3, 201-213 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1557988308317138


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