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Consumption of certain foods, such as beans, should be increased due to their positive health effects.
Encouraging the consumption of beans can be beneficial for health.
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Other foods, which its consumption is recommended to increase due to its positive effects on health, showed minor contributions (less than 1.0%), with the exception of beans (3.3%).
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Based on the analysis of dietary contributions from a large sample.
Source
Contribución de los alimentos a la ingesta total de energía en la dieta de los mexicanos mayores de cinco años
Claudia Gabriela García-Chávez et al. · Salud Pública de México · 2020
DOI 10.21149/10636
cross-sectional · n=7983Cited 23×
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