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| Eat smart, live strong intervention increases fruit and vegetable consumption among low-income older adults | | Author(s) | James C Hersey, Sheryl C Cates, Jonathan L Blitstein |
| Journal title | Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics, vol 34, no 1, January-March 2015 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, January-March 2015 |
| Pages | pp 66-80 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Fruit ; Vegetables ; Diet ; Nutrition ; Preventative medicine ; Poor elderly ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study evaluated the impact of a four-session interactive nutrition education programme _ Eat Smart, Live Strong (ESLS) _ on the consumption of fruit and vegetables by low-income older adults. A pre-post quasi-experimental design study was conducted with a longitudinal sample of 614 low-income Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants and those eligible for SNAP, aged 60 to 80 years, in 17 intervention and 16 comparison senior centres in Michigan. The study compared participants' self-reports of their consumption of fruit and vegetables using a modified version of the University of California Cooperative Extension Food Behavior Checklist. ESLS increased participants' average daily consumption of fruit by 0.2 cups (P < 0.05) and vegetables by 0.31 cups (P < 0.01). ESLS, a four-session, cognitive-behavioural nutrition education programme is an effective curriculum for helping low-income older adults eat more fruit and vegetables. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150605221 A |
| Classmark | YQ: YQA: CFD: CF: LK2: F:W6: 4C: 7T |
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