Questions:
2. In a study related to consumption of the primary food groups (dairy, meat, grain, fruit, and vegetable) among White and Black populations in the US, which group was reported to be least likely to consume recommended daily requirements of dairy and fruit ?
a) Black and White men
b) Black and White women
c) Black men and women
d) White men and women
(source: Nutrition and Health of Ethnic Elders, SGEC Working Paper Series, Number 14, page 34)
If you selected a) Black and White men
..... Twenty percent of White men reported no dairy servings and 32 percent reported no fruit servings. Fourty-six percent of Black men reported no dairy servings and 51 percent reported no fruit servings. While these numbers are high, this is not the correct answer. This study found that "...only 33 percent consumed from all five food groups on the survey day, and that only 2.9 percent consumed the desired number of servings from each food group."
Please return to question 2 and consider another option.
If you selected b) Black and White women
.....Thirty-eight percent of Black women reported no dairy servings and 36 percent reported no fruit servings. Twenty-two percent of White women reported no dairy servings and 20 percent reported no fruit servings. While these numbers are high, this is not the correct answer. This study found that "...only 33 percent consumed from all five food groups on the survey day, and that only 2.9 percent consumed the desired number of servings from each food group."
Return to Question 2 and consider another option.
If you selected c) Black men and women
.....This is correct. The percentages of difference between Black and White populations are most dramatic related to dairy servings, with Black men at 45 percent, Black women at 38 percent, White men at 20 percent and White women at 22 percent. The consumption of grain servings varies by one percent between groups, and vegetable servings varies by 11 percent. This study found that "...only 33 percent consumed from all five food groups on the survey day, and that only 2.9 percent consumed the desired number of servings from each food group." Black populations tend to have a higher percentage of individuals who are lactose intolerant which may contribute to the lower dairy consumption.
Proceed to Question 3.
If you selected d) White men and women
.....Twenty percent of White men reported no dairy servings and 32 percent reported no fruit servings. Twenty-two percent of White women reported no dairy servings and 20 percent reported no fruit servings. This study found that "...only 33 percent consumed from all five food groups on the survey day, and that only 2.9 percent consumed the desired number of servings from each food group."
Return to question 2 and consider another option.