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1. Increased fruit and vegetable intake among older adults participating in Kentucky’s congregate meal site program

Author

Dawn Brewer, Tammy Stephenson, Alyson Humphrey, and Emily Dickens

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Gerontology, Meal, 030109 nutrition & dietetics, business.industry, digestive, oral, and skin physiology, Plate waste, Article, Education, 03 medical and health sciences, Environmental health, Fruits and vegetables, Medicine, Geriatrics and Gerontology, business
Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine if the amount and variety of fruits and vegetables consumed increased among community-dwelling older adults participating in Kentucky's congregate meal site program following a series of five nutrition education lessons. A convenience sample of older adults attending senior centers (n=35), two intervention (n=19) and two control (n=16) centers, participated in this quasi-experimental pilot study. Following the intervention there was a significant increase in actual fruit and vegetable intake in the intervention group (p

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2016
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