This study tests the associations between vegetable/fruit intake, frequency of fast food intake, degree of depressive symptoms, and diagnosed depression among Latina women in South East San Diego. Analyses will control for important covariates such as income, age, acculturation, and marital status. These covariates were chosen because they have been shown to be related to depression. Low income was associated with more depression verses higher income (Lorant et al, 2003), older age groups were shown to have more depression compared to younger ages (NIMH, 2008), the more acculturated to the U.S. are shown to be more likely to be depressed than their less acculturated counter parts (Aldrich & Variyam, 2000), and being single has been shown to be a risk factor for depression (Kessler et al, 2003).
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