REGION OF BIRTH AND BLACK DIETS - THE HARLEM-HOUSEHOLD-SURVEY

Objectives. This study compared dietary risk factors among Southern-bo rn and other Blacks in Central Harlem. Methods. A survey of residents of Central Harlem was used to compute a ''healthy diet'' score for 621 subjects. Results. Southern-born respondents had the highest-risk die ts. Although their numbers were small, Caribbean-born respondents, par ticularly those younger than 45 years, had the lowest-risk diets. Conc lusions. The variation in diets in Central Harlem was considerable, wi th Southern-born Blacks at highest dietary risk for chronic diseases. These results remain to be tested elsewhere, as does the contribution of other chronic disease risk factors.