title: Dietary consumption practices and cancer risk in African Americans in the rural South.
abstract: This study describes the dietary consumption practices of a sample of African Americans in the rural South. A qualitative research design involving a cross-sectional food diary was utilized. Complete datasets were collected from 114 participants, 66% female, between the ages of 19 and 79 years. The consumption of a variety of fruits, non-starchy vegetables and unprocessed cereals in daily meals was low in this sample. Frequent consumption of fried foods; fast foods; sugary, carbonated beverages; processed, high-fat and high-sodium foods; and low fruit and non-starchy vegetable intake were evident. The findings are crucial to the development for culturally-specific nutrition education intervention programs for African Americans in the rural South targeted at the modification of not only diet, but food preparation methods to reduce cancer risk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA. acbenjamin@tuskegee.edu
authors.forename: Adelia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bovell-Benjamin
authors.forename: Norma
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dawkins
authors.forename: Ralphenia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pace
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Shikany
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet / Q000208:ethnology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology*; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult