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Perspectivas en Nutrición Humana
Print version ISSN 0124-4108
Abstract
GOMEZ GONZALEZ, Luz Karime; RESTREPO, José and PACHON, Helena. Bean and maize consumption by families in Cauca, Colombia. Perspect Nut Hum [online]. 2010, vol.12, n.1, pp.87-98. ISSN 0124-4108.
Objective: characterization of maize and bean consumption by families where mothers work with ICBF's communities in Cauca-Colombia. Materials and methods: mothers (n=400) working with ICBF's communities in 12 farming municipalities were surveyed about their family's feeding practices. Results: 100% of mothers interviewed reported frequent consumption of maize and beans. Average ± SD intake kg/ month for white beans was (6,5±7,6), yellow maize (5,1±7,0), red beans(1,7±1,6) white beans (1,1±1,1), mottled calima beans (1,5±1,1), mottled cargamanto (1,3±0,7), green beans (1,4±1,2), and for other kind of beans (0,8±0,4). Conclusion: maize and beans are main components of these communities' food patterns. Nutrition education activities could help to promote consumption of nutritionally enhanced (biofortified) crops.
Keywords : maize (Zea mays L.); bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.); food and nutrition security; food consumption; fortified food; biofortification; crops.