California adults increase fruit and vegetable consumption from 1997-2007

Auteur(s) :
Foerster SB., Sugerman SB., Gregson J.
Date :
Juil, 2011
Source(s) :
J NUTR EDUC BEHAV. #43:4 p96-105
Adresse :
Network for a Healthy California, California Department of Public Health and Public Health Institute, Sacramento, CA, USA

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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether fruit and vegetable consumption among California adults significantly increased from 1997-2007.

DESIGN: Biennial telephone surveillance surveys of California adults’ dietary practices.

PARTICIPANTS: California adults (n = 9,105 total all 6 surveys).

INTERVENTION: Surveillance data reporting.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Changes in fruit and vegetable consumption over time between 1997-2007, measured by mean servings and percentage of adults eating ≥ 5 servings on any given day.

ANALYSIS: Comparisons of subsets both within the same year and across years were made using t tests, chi-square, and Tukey Studentized Range tests at 5% procedure-wise error rate.

RESULTS: California adults significantly increased mean daily servings of fruits and vegetables from 3.8 servings in 1997 to 5.2 servings in 2007.

CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Since 1998, notable improvements in fruit and vegetable consumption have occurred to California populations, including the target audience groups of the Network for a Healthy California

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