Yolanda Ruiz Fitch

Biographic Data

ID7253735
NAMEYolanda Ruiz Fitch
GIVEN NAMESYolanda Ruiz
FAMILY NAMEFitch
SIGNATUREFITCH Y R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, Davis
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1984
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1984
H-INDEX0

  • Dietary change among migrant and nonmigrant Mexican‐American families in Northern California

    Kathryn G Dewey, Margaret A Strode et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1984

    Dietary data were obtained from 71 migrant and 69 nonmigrant low‐income first‐generation Mexican‐American families. Among preschool children, average consumption from all food groups except vegetables was adequate. Most adults stated that their diet had improved since moving to the U.S. Dietary change was characterized by increased consumption of both “basic” and “new” foods, especially among nonmigrants, with considerable retention of “tradition…

  • Anthropometry of migrant and nonmigrant Mexican‐American children and adults in Northern California

    Kathryn G Dewey, Margaret A Strode et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1984

    Anthropometric data were obtained from children and adults of 71 migrant and 69 nonmigrant low‐income first‐generation Mexican‐American families. Nonmigrant children (1–11 years) were very close to U.S. standards in weight‐for‐age, height‐for‐age, weight‐for‐height and triceps skinfold, while migrant children were shorter and fatter. Adolescents (12–19 years) in both groups were shorter than U.S. standards, probably due to an increasing effect of…