Highlights
Staple Foods
Changing Diets
Beans & Rice
Mysteryllaneous
100
Beans and white rice.
What are the two staple foods in Costa Rica?
100
Oats, wheat, and olives.
What are three Mediterranean staple foods?
100
Cultural habits reinforced through family and community.
What are obstacles to changing diets in Costa Rica?
100
1 : 1.
What is the preferred ratio of beans to rice in Costa Rica?
100
Current global trend: increased consumption of _____ and decreased consumption of ______.
What is white rice and beans?
200
Plain brown rice.
What is the least sensory appealing food for Costa Ricans?
200
Yam, millet, and sorghum.
What are three African staple foods?
200
Increasing sensory acceptability.
What is an important factor for Costa Ricans to motivate a switch to brown rice?
200
Better nutritional value, but can cause stomach discomfort.
What are beans?
200
Type 2 Diabetes.
What is associated with higher intake of white rice?
300
Mixing with traditional dishes.
What is a way to improve the appeal of brown rice?
300
Provide 60% of world's energy intake.
What are rice, maize, and wheat?
300
Convenience, time/cooking restraints, and healthiness.
What are primary factors contributing to current staple dietary perceptions/preferences for Chinese, Indians, and US-Americans?
300
Lower nutritional value, better yield, less cooking time, lower cost, and better versatility.
What is white rice?
300
Throughout generations, people in many _____ ____and _____ countries have traditionally eaten white rice with legumes.
What is Latin American and Caribbean countries?
400
Health.
What is not a good incentive for Costa Ricans to change staple foods?
400
Cassava, sweet potato, and squash.
What are three South American staple foods?
400
Nutritional gatekeepers.
What is the role of women in the Costa Rican diet?
400
Cultural identity crisis.
What is eating brown rice or too much beans for Costa Ricans?
400
Prevention of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, and cancer.
What is associated with higher intake of legumes (beans)?
500
Early in life.
When should promotion of healthier staple foods begin?
500
Depleted essential vitamins, minerals, proteins, and fiber.
What is the result of processing white rice?
500
"Unrealistic optimism".
What is the belief that if a health problem has not yet appeared, it is unlikely to occur in the future?
500
School lunch programs, in the family context, and in work site cafeterias.
Where should brown rice and beans be made more available?
500
Women, more so than men.
Who shows more concern for healthy eating?
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