HÁBITOS ALIMENTICIOS, DIVERSIDAD ALIMENTARIA Y DISPOSICIÓN PARA PRACTICAR LA HORTICULTURA EN FAMILIAS PERI-URBANAS DE CIUDAD CARDEL, VERACRUZ, MÉXICO
Marco Antonio Toral Juárez, A. Montes Pérez, Catalino Jorge Lopez Collado, Felipe Gallardo-López
Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
Urban Farm DB summary
A study of peri-urban families in Ciudad Cardel, Veracruz, Mexico, measured dietary diversity using a staple-foods scoring method and assessed eating habits and willingness to practice home horticulture using a Likert-scale survey. Thirty-five percent of households showed good eating habits, 19% regular, and 46% poor eating habits. Dietary diversity scored 29.4 ± 8.7 for staple foods. The general Likert index for willingness to practice horticulture was 2.9, indicating average availability. Dietary diversity varied with household economic capacity, while eating habits and socioeconomic status showed no association, and multiple factors were found to positively influence mothers' willingness to practice peri-urban horticulture.