Arizona Registered Dietitians Show Gaps in Knowledge of Bean Health Benefits
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Participants
2.2. Survey Development
2.3. Data Analysis and Variable Transformation
3. Results
3.1. Response Rate
3.2. Respondent Demographics
3.3. Knowledge of the Health Benefits and Nutrient Content of Beans
3.4. Attitudes and Perceptions of Bean Consumption and Preparation
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristics | Total |
---|---|
Age in years (±SD) | 43.7 ± 12.5 |
Gender | |
Female | 95.6 |
Male | 4.4 |
Hispanic ethnicity | |
Yes | 7.8 |
No | 92.2 |
Self-reported race | |
White | 95.4 |
Other/multiracial | 4.6 |
Education | |
Bachelor’s degree | 43.6 |
Master’s degree | 49.8 |
Doctoral degree | 6.4 |
Employment category a | |
Clinical nutrition | |
Inpatient | 24.2 |
Outpatient | 15.4 |
Long term care | 4.6 |
Community nutrition | 21.8 |
Food & nutrition management | 11.2 |
Consultation and business | 7.0 |
Education | 13.3 |
Research | 2.5 |
Personal bean consumption | |
Consumes beans | 98.0 |
Does not consume beans | 2.0 |
Bean consumption frequency | |
Once a month or less | 6.8 |
2–3 times per month | 22.3 |
1–2 times per week | 48.3 |
3–4 times per week | 17.6 |
5+ times per week | 5.1 |
Dry bean cooking knowledge | |
Knows how | 88.2 |
Does not know how | 11.8 |
Bean cooking frequency | |
Never | 30.1 |
Once a month or less | 43.6 |
2–3 times per month | 19.3 |
1 time per week or more | 7.1 |
Eating Beans Can | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Agree | Strongly Agree | Do Not Know |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | |||||
Help you feel full (T) | 1.4 | 0.0 | 25.5 | 73.1 | 0.0 |
Improve your nutrition § ** (T) | 1.4 | 0.0 | 33.4 | 64.5 | 0.7 |
Increase protein in diet (T) | 0.0 | 1.0 | 42.9 | 55.8 | 0.3 |
Lower LDL cholesterol (T) | 0.7 | 0.7 | 46.6 | 48.0 | 4.1 |
Reduce constipation (T) | 0.0 | 3.8 | 51.5 | 43.7 | 1.0 |
Lower cancer risk § *; † * (T) | 0.7 | 1.0 | 47.1 | 43.1 | 8.1 |
Control blood glucose † *(T) | 0.3 | 4.4 | 52.5 | 38.3 | 4.4 |
Increase iron in the diet (T) | 1.4 | 9.2 | 53.1 | 29.9 | 6.5 |
Increase dietary folate (T) | 0.3 | 6.2 | 47.4 | 29.6 | 16.5 |
Help lose weight (T) | 0.3 | 8.2 | 59.4 | 28.3 | 3.8 |
Increase ‘good’ bacteria in intestines § * (T) | 0.7 | 7.8 | 45.1 | 22.2 | 24.2 |
Improve child growth (T) | 1.0 | 6.7 | 37.5 | 13.0 | 41.8 |
Cause bloating § **; † * (T) | 2.1 | 21.9 | 64.0 | 9.6 | 2.4 |
Decrease mineral absorption due to phytochemicals § ** (T) | 12.3 | 38.9 | 15.2 | 1.4 | 31.7 |
Not suitable for persons with celiac disease (F) | 44.1 | 39.7 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 12.9 |
Lower HDL cholesterol § ** (F) | 32.1 | 30.4 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 11.8 |
Decrease fiber in the diet § * (F) | 73.5 | 20.4 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 0.7 |
Here Are Some Reasons People Have Said Prevent Them from Eating or Cooking Beans. … Do You … | Strongly Disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly Agree |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | |||||
Like the taste of beans § ** | 1.4 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 41.5 | 50.7 |
Easy to make meals with beans § ** | 1.4 | 3.4 | 12.5 | 50.8 | 31.9 |
Canned beans are as healthy as home-made beans | 2.7 | 19.8 | 26.8 | 37.9 | 12.8 |
Cooking dry beans part of culture | 28.5 | 34.2 | 16.6 | 12.2 | 8.5 |
Some dry beans are genetically modified | 3.1 | 7.5 | 54.3 | 26.6 | 8.5 |
Canned beans have too much salt in them | 2.3 | 22.1 | 33.6 | 35.2 | 6.7 |
Dry beans take too long to prepare § * | 11.6 | 30.6 | 23.8 | 29.3 | 4.8 |
Dislike the texture of beans § ** | 55.8 | 37.8 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 2.4 |
Canned beans have preservatives | 8.1 | 25.3 | 33.7 | 31.0 | 2.0 |
Beans cause intestinal gas § * | 12.2 | 34.7 | 36.4 | 15.0 | 1.7 |
Dislike the texture of canned beans | 40.1 | 48.1 | 7.4 | 3.4 | 1.0 |
I will not eat canned beans | 50.2 | 43.4 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 |
Friends do not eat beans | 25.5 | 45.6 | 20.1 | 8.2 | 0.7 |
Canned beans do not taste good | 37.2 | 47.7 | 12.1 | 2.3 | 0.7 |
Only poor people eat beans | 73.2 | 24.4 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Family will only eat home-made beans | 35.6 | 46.4 | 13.2 | 4.4 | 0.3 |
Family will not eat canned beans | 44.4 | 43.8 | 7.1 | 4.4 | 0.3 |
Family/children will not eat | 47.1 | 38.6 | 8.8 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
Canned beans are too expensive | 38.0 | 51.9 | 7.1 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
Canned beans not true to culture | 51.7 | 37.6 | 9.1 | 1.7 | 0.0 |
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Winham, D.M.; Hutchins, A.M.; Thompson, S.V.; Dougherty, M.K. Arizona Registered Dietitians Show Gaps in Knowledge of Bean Health Benefits. Nutrients 2018, 10, 52. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10010052
Winham DM, Hutchins AM, Thompson SV, Dougherty MK. Arizona Registered Dietitians Show Gaps in Knowledge of Bean Health Benefits. Nutrients. 2018; 10(1):52. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10010052
Chicago/Turabian StyleWinham, Donna M., Andrea M. Hutchins, Sharon V. Thompson, and Mariah K. Dougherty. 2018. "Arizona Registered Dietitians Show Gaps in Knowledge of Bean Health Benefits" Nutrients 10, no. 1: 52. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10010052