Calcium intake, attitudes toward calcium-rich foods, and a number of risk factors for osteoporosis were identified and compared in women aged 18 to 35 from Kansas State University (KSU) and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). Each participant responded to questionnaires that assessed frequency of consumption of calcium-rich foods, attitudes toward calcium-rich foods, and level of risk for osteoporosis. Generally, the participants in EFNEP were older and had a higher body mass index than the KSU participants. Calcium intake was higher for EFNEP participants than for KSU participants. Almost 24% of KSU participants consumed less than two-thirds of the RDA for calcium compared to 12% of the EFNEP participants. Many attitudes toward calcium-rich foods were similar in the two groups, but differences occurred in attitudes related to health and the enjoyment of drinking milk. Based on a risk assessment questionnaire the EFNEP group had more lifestyle-related risks for osteoporosis that can be controlled, whereas the KSU group had more risks for osteoporosis associated with heritage or lack of bearing children, areas that cannot be controlled by educational programs. We conclude that these groups may need different approaches to calcium education because risk factors for osteoporosis were different and some attitudes also were different between the groups and among women in various calcium intake categories.
BT - Nutrition Research DA - 01/1996 DO - 10.1016/0271-5317(96)00140-6 IS - 8 LA - eng N1 -This article is available through Science Direct, a subscription database. Check with your local library.
N2 -Calcium intake, attitudes toward calcium-rich foods, and a number of risk factors for osteoporosis were identified and compared in women aged 18 to 35 from Kansas State University (KSU) and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). Each participant responded to questionnaires that assessed frequency of consumption of calcium-rich foods, attitudes toward calcium-rich foods, and level of risk for osteoporosis. Generally, the participants in EFNEP were older and had a higher body mass index than the KSU participants. Calcium intake was higher for EFNEP participants than for KSU participants. Almost 24% of KSU participants consumed less than two-thirds of the RDA for calcium compared to 12% of the EFNEP participants. Many attitudes toward calcium-rich foods were similar in the two groups, but differences occurred in attitudes related to health and the enjoyment of drinking milk. Based on a risk assessment questionnaire the EFNEP group had more lifestyle-related risks for osteoporosis that can be controlled, whereas the KSU group had more risks for osteoporosis associated with heritage or lack of bearing children, areas that cannot be controlled by educational programs. We conclude that these groups may need different approaches to calcium education because risk factors for osteoporosis were different and some attitudes also were different between the groups and among women in various calcium intake categories.
PY - 1996 RN -Edited 5/2/14 SJC
SP - 1313 EP - 1329 T2 - Nutrition Research TI - Calcium intake, attitudes toward calcium-containing foods, and number of risk factors for osteoporosis in two groups of 18- to 35-year-old women VL - 16 ER -