Dietary Micronutrient Intake of Participants in a "Partners Together in Health" Cardiac Rehabilitation Intervention.

Purpose: Current guidelines for cardiovascular health emphasize a "dietary pattern" approach that could be expected to increase intakes of micronutrients in addition to altering the macronutrient profile. However, the effect of interventions such as cardiac rehabilitation on the micronutrient quality of the diet has not been evaluated. Therefore, the goal of this study was to investigate changes in micronutrient intake of cardiac rehabilitation participants over time.

Race/ethnicity and income in relation to the home food environment in US youth aged 6 to 19 years.

Background: The home food environment is complex and has the potential to influence dietary habit development in young people. Several factors may influence the home food environment, including income and race/ethnicity.

Objective: To examine the relationship of income and race/ethnicity with three home food environment factors (ie, food availability frequency, family meal patterns [frequency of family and home cooked meals], and family food expenditures).

Effects of partners together in health intervention on physical activity and healthy eating behaviors: a pilot study.

Background: Despite proven efficacy of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in helping patients initiate physical activity and healthy eating changes, less than 50% of CR participants maintain changes 6 months later.

Objective: The objective of this feasibility study was to test the Partners Together in Health (PaTH) intervention versus usual care in improving physical activity and healthy eating behaviors in coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients and their spouses.

Methods: An experimental, 2-group (n = 17 couples/group), repeated-measures design was used.

Intervention fidelity in a translational study: lessons learned.

This article examined the intervention fidelity strategies used and lessons learned in a translational study. In this study, the behavioral intervention was delivered within an existing clinical practice environment, outpatient cardiac rehabilitation (CR). The primary lessons learned were that the fidelity components of design, training, and delivery of the intervention were the most different from fidelity strategies used in typical intervention studies.

Personal food systems of male collegiate football players: a grounded theory investigation.

Context: Factors that affect food choices include the physical and social environments, quality, quantity, perceived healthfulness, and convenience. The personal food choice process was defined as the procedures used by athletes for making food choices, including the weighing and balancing of activities of daily life, physical well-being, convenience, monetary resources, and social relationships.

Objective: To develop a theoretical model explaining the personal food choice processes of collegiate football players.

Validity and reliability of an omega-3 fatty acid food frequency questionnaire for first-generation Midwestern Latinas.

This study tested the hypothesis that a culturally developed omega-3 (n-3) fatty acid food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) could be an accurate instrument to capture n-3 fatty acid food intakes of first-generation Midwestern Latinas. The goal of the study was to assess validity and test-retest reliability of an FFQ to estimate total n-3 fatty acid (total n-3), α-linolenic acid (ALA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) intakes. An n-3 FFQ was developed and pilot tested.

Correlation of omega-3 fatty acids intakes with acculturation and socioeconomic status in midwestern Latinas.

Background: Low socioeconomic status (SES) and acculturation of Latino immigrants in the U.S. are linked to a decrease in diet quality.

Physicians ask for more problem-solving information to promote and support breastfeeding.

Physicians (n=262) were surveyed about their breastfeeding promotion practices, knowledge, and areas in which they need more information in order to be more influential with patients in the initiation and duration of the process. Over half (51%) reported no or limited education in breastfeeding, whereas only 9% reported adequate education. A knowledge assessment indicated almost half (42%) did not know certain viruses can be transmitted through breast milk.

Half of rural girls aged 8 to 17 years report weight concerns and dietary changes, with both more prevalent with increased age.

Objective: Determine body image satisfaction, weight concerns and dieting behaviors, Tanner index, and dietary adequacy in young women and girls.

Design: A cross-sectional, self-selected comparative survey was completed.

Subjects/setting: Rural white women and girls (N=333) aged 8 to 17 years, completed a weight concerns and dieting behavior questionnaire, a body image assessment, and a self-rating of sexual maturity, and 230 subjects completed 3-day diet diaries.