TY - JOUR
T1 - Changes in Self-Reported Fruit and Vegetable Intake following Nutritional Modification in High Risk Older Veterans
AU - Serra, Monica C.
AU - Addison, Odessa
AU - Giffuni, Jamie
AU - Barton-Ort, Kelly
AU - Parker, Elizabeth
AU - Katzel, Leslie
N1 - Funding Information:
Gerofit was funded by the VHA office of Geriatrics and Extended Care, Noninstitutional Long Term Care Funding and Mentored Partnership program and the VHA Office of Rural Health. The Gerofit program and this CDP have been locally supported by the Baltimore VA Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Program (GRECC). This work was supported in part by a VA career development award (IK2 RX-001788-01) from the United States (U.S.) Department of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation R&D (Rehab RD) Service and the San Antonio GRECC.
Publisher Copyright:
© This work was authored as part of the Contributor’s official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 USC. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under US Law.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This project aimed to determine the feasibility of implementing a dietary intervention in older Veterans participating in an exercise and health promotion program (Gerofit) and whether this intervention could improve self-reported fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake measured by BRFSS and diet quality measured by visual analog scale (0–10 scale). Participation consisted of optional group and individual counseling with a Registered Dietitian (RD). Out of 50 participants approached to participant in the program, 24 Veterans attended ≥2 group sessions (2.9 ± 2.0 classes, which was 82% of total available sessions). There was a reported trend toward increased daily F&V intake (pre vs. post: 3.4 ± 1.9 vs. 4.1 ± 2.0 servings/day, p = 0.07) and a significant increase in diet quality (4.7 ± 0.5 vs. 5.9 ± 0.4, p= 0.03) from baseline compared to the last attended class. These promising preliminary findings can be used to inform efforts to optimize dietary intake in vulnerable Veteran populations.
AB - This project aimed to determine the feasibility of implementing a dietary intervention in older Veterans participating in an exercise and health promotion program (Gerofit) and whether this intervention could improve self-reported fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake measured by BRFSS and diet quality measured by visual analog scale (0–10 scale). Participation consisted of optional group and individual counseling with a Registered Dietitian (RD). Out of 50 participants approached to participant in the program, 24 Veterans attended ≥2 group sessions (2.9 ± 2.0 classes, which was 82% of total available sessions). There was a reported trend toward increased daily F&V intake (pre vs. post: 3.4 ± 1.9 vs. 4.1 ± 2.0 servings/day, p = 0.07) and a significant increase in diet quality (4.7 ± 0.5 vs. 5.9 ± 0.4, p= 0.03) from baseline compared to the last attended class. These promising preliminary findings can be used to inform efforts to optimize dietary intake in vulnerable Veteran populations.
KW - Dietary intervention
KW - fruit and vegetable intake
KW - veteran
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U2 - 10.1080/21551197.2020.1863892
DO - 10.1080/21551197.2020.1863892
M3 - Article
C2 - 33439791
AN - SCOPUS:85099465674
SN - 2155-1197
VL - 40
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics
JF - Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics
IS - 1
ER -