Attitudinal and demographic correlates of food supplementation practices.

Attitudinal and demographic correlates to food supplement use were ascertained for 689 adults residing in seven Western states. Of the 689, 372 (54%) were food supplement users and 317 (46%) were non-users. The only attitudinal variable significantly (p less than .

Food supplement usage in seven Western states.

Data on food supplement usage were collected from 2451 adults in seven Western states. No significant differences were determined among states. A majority (66.

Classifying cultural food habits and meanings.

Old ideas and themes need to be challenged. Fresh approaches are needed in dealing with problems of food habits so that ultimately scientific knowledge of cultural food habits can produce greater success in nutrition education programs.

Assessing the anthropometric status of Hawaii's preschoolers participating in feeding programs in day care centers.

A survey of low and middle income preschoolers who were exposed to similar feeding programs and physical activities showed similarity of physical growth between the two groups of children. Mean values of arm size, muscularity, triceps skinfold, and fat area were similar and signified adequate protein status and caloric reserves in both groups of children. Comparison of data from preschoolers in Oahu and on the United States mainland showed that all left arm triceps skinfold medians of preschoolers in Oahu were 1) smaller than the medians recorded for right arms in the Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and 2) greater than the values on the 50th percentile for right arms of white children of the Ten-State Nutrition Survey, which indicated that Oahu preschoolers occupied a caloric reserve intermediate between the two mainland United States populations surveyed.