Health professionals can now access beef nutrition information in Spanish

Health-care professionals now have a more effective way of educating their Spanish-speaking patients about fitting beef into a healthy lifestyle, thanks to the beef checkoff.

Five beef nutrition information pieces — developed by the checkoff program specifically for health care professionals and widely used since 2000 — have now been translated into Spanish.  These newly translated materials include consumer tips on healthy eating during pregnancy, childhood and the “tween” years, or young people between the ages of 8 and 12.

The new versions will be available on the checkoff’s website for health professionals, www.beefnutrition.org.  State beef councils will also be able to to partner with national efforts to help distribute hard copies of the information to selected areas in their regions.

“The positive nutrition messages our health care partners have been sharing about beef have missed this important demographic,” said Om Sharma, a beef producer from Williamsport, Ind., and Cattlemen’s Beef Board member and chairman of the Joint Health Professional Influencers Subcommittee.  “With Spanish-speaking Americans a key part of our population, we’re hopeful they too will hear the good news about how beef can fit into a healthy lifestyle.”  The 2000 U.S. Census estimates there are more than 34 million Hispanics and Latinos living in the U.S.

Included in the consumer information materials are messages supporting the importance of healthy eating habits during all life stages and the contribution of physical activity to good health. The materials also describe the vital role of beef’s key nutrients – zinc, iron, protein, and many B vitamins - as well as the essential nutrients supplied by other food groups during the different life stages. 

For more information on the beef nutrition materials contact your state beef council or visit www.beefnutrition.org.