Low-Income US Women Under-informed of the Specific Health Benefits of Consuming Beans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bean consumption can reduce chronic disease risk and improve nutrition status. Consumer knowledge of bean health benefits could lead to increased intakes. Low-income women have poorer health and nutrition, but their level of knowledge about bean health benefits is unknown. Beans are a familiar food of reasonable cost in most settings and are cultural staples for Hispanics and other ethnicities. Study objectives were to assess awareness of bean health benefits among low-income women, and to evaluate any differences by acculturation status for Hispanic women in the Southwestern United States.

Methods

A convenience sample of 406 primarily Mexican-origin (70%) low-income women completed a survey on knowledge of bean health benefits and general food behaviors. Principa

SUBMITTER: Winham DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4731067 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature