Research Article
Are Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Associated with Obesity among Low-Income Hispanic and African American Women Caretakers?
Table 5
Dietary intake of food groups among African American and Hispanic women.
| | Food group | African Americans
Mean ± SD (range)
() | Hispanics
Mean ± SD (range)
() |
| | Dairy | 1.58 ± 1.46
(0–7.57) | 2.08 ± 1.23
(0–7) | | Fruit | 0.75 ± 1.61
(0–5) | 1.17 ± 1.66
(0–7) | | Vegetables | 0.71 ± 0.96
(0.03–7.57) | 0.50 ± 0.66
(0–8) | | Meat/beans | 1.64 ± 1.24
(1.14–6) | 1.98 ± 1.14
(0.43–11) | | Grains | 2.52 ± 2.36
(0.1–17.57) | 3.17 ± 1.70
(0.2–17) |
| | Number of dietary recommendations met | % () | % () |
| | 0 | 43.5 (40) | 25.2 (68) | | 1 | 31.5 (29) | 30 (81) | | 2 | 13 (12) | 27 (73) | | 3 | 9.8 (9) | 15.6 (42) | | 4 | 2.2 (2) | 1.9 (5) | | 5 | 0 (0) | 0.4 (1) |
| | Mean dietary intake | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |
| | | 0.192 ± 0.216 | 0.286 ± 0.225 |
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