%0 Journal Article
%T Caracterizaci¨®n del consumo de ma¨ªz y fr¨ªjol en familias del departamento del Cauca, Colombia
%A G¨®mez Gonz¨¢lez
%A Luz Karime
%A Restrepo
%A Jos¨¦
%A Pach¨®n
%A Helena
%J Perspectivas en Nutrici¨®n Humana
%D 2010
%I Universidad de Antioquia
%X 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 ¡À sd intake kg/ month for white beans was (6,5¡À7,6), yellow maize (5,1¡À7,0), red beans(1,7¡À1,6) white beans (1,1¡À1,1), mottled calima beans (1,5¡À1,1), mottled cargamanto (1,3¡À0,7), green beans (1,4¡À1,2), and for other kind of beans (0,8¡À0,4). 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.
%K maize (zea mays l.)
%K bean (phaseolus vulgaris l.)
%K food and nutrition security
%K food consumption
%K fortified food
%K biofortification
%K crops.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0124-41082010000100008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en