Targeting the taqueria: implementing healthy food options at Mexican American restaurants.
Health Promot Pract
; 10(2 Suppl): 91S-99S, 2009 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-19454755
As part of a 5-year community-based intervention in Salinas, California, the Steps to a Healthier Salinas team developed a taqueria intervention addressing obesity and diabetes among Mexican Americans. The authors present: (a) a comparison of service/entrée options for Salinas taquerias (n = 35) and fast-food restaurants ( n = 38) at baseline, (b) a case study of one taqueria, (c) a description of a healthy nutrition tool kit tailored to taquerias, and (d) an evaluation of the intervention at Year 3. It was found that traditional Mexican American-style menu offerings at taquerias tended to be healthier than American-style fast-food restaurant offerings. In addition, the initial response to the intervention has shown positive changes, which include the taqueria owners promoting available healthy menu items and modifying other menu offerings to reduce fats and increase fruit and vegetable availability. This, in turn, has led to a transition of the owners' perceptions of themselves as gatekeepers for a healthy community.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Restaurantes
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Americanos Mexicanos
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Promoção da Saúde
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Promot Pract
Assunto da revista:
SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos