EATING HABITS, DIETARY DIVERSITY AND APTITUDE FOR PRACTICING HORTICULTURE OF PERI-URBAN FAMILIES FROM CARDEL, VERACRUZ, MEXICO
The urban and peri-urban families represent 75% of the Mexican population. The poverty and form of feed seem to be associated with obesity, degenerative diseases and malnutrition. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the eating habits and dietary diversity of Cardel city, Veracruz, Mexic...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2012 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN |
| Repositório: | Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.revista.ccba.uady.mx:article/1732 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/1732 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | habits; food diversity; food; families; horticulture. horticulture; agriculture Hábitos; diversidad alimentaria; alimento; familias; horticultura. |
| Resumo: | The urban and peri-urban families represent 75% of the Mexican population. The poverty and form of feed seem to be associated with obesity, degenerative diseases and malnutrition. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the eating habits and dietary diversity of Cardel city, Veracruz, Mexico peri-urban families and know the aptitude of families to practice horticulture at home. Dietary diversity was determined using the scoring method of staple foods. Eating habits and aptitude to practice horticulture were obtained by a survey type Likert scale. The 35% of the families presented good eating habits, 19% regular and 46% of households showed poor dietary habits. Dietary diversity was 29.4 ± 8.7 in primary foods. The Likert general index was 2.9 and represented an average availability to practice peri-urban horticulture. Food diversity of families peri-urban is a function of family economic capacity, in contrast, food habits and socioeconomic status are not associated and finally there were identified multiple factors that positively influence the willingness of the mother of family to practice horticulture. |
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