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Title: FOOD AND HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICES

Author
item CHAMPAGNE, CATHERINE - PENNINGTON BIOMED RES CTR
item JAIRAJ, KOMALAM - UNIV ARK-PINE BLUFF
item HARRISON, GAIL - UCLA SCH PUBLIC HEALTH

Submitted to: Nutrition and Health Status in the Lower Mississippi Delta of AR, LA, & MS
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/1/1997
Publication Date: N/A
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Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The identification of subpopulations at particular risk of inadequate diets has led to considerable attention among nutrition educators and social scientists to food habits and related beliefs and knowledge in culturally definable groups. The result has been a growing appreciation of the diversity of food consumption patterns in the US and the variability of nutrition knowledge and attitudes among and within cultural subgroups, and the impact of this variability of dietary behavior. There is relative paucity of data on food consumption patterns and knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about food and nutrition directly from the Lower Mississippi Delta population. Regional data and limited information reviewed in this chapter have focused on elderly individuals, high school, and college students, and adult respondents to a national survey. No information on local beliefs, knowledge, or attitudes with regard to infant and young child feeding were found. The available information allows us to draw no conclusions about variability in food consumption patterns and associated knowledge and attitudes within the lower Mississippi Delta, although we may expect, based on other studies, that there will be variation associated with ethnic/racial background, education, and income.