title: Adherence to the Food Guide Pyramid recommendations among Japanese Americans, Native Hawaiians, and whites: results from the Multiethnic Cohort Study.
abstract: The Food Guide Pyramid is designed to help Americans make healthful food choices. Whereas national data have been collected to examine adherence to the pyramid recommendations in whites, African-Americans, and Latinos, there are virtually no data available for Japanese Americans or Native Hawaiians. Here we present data on intakes of the Food Guide Pyramid food groups (as servings per day) as well as of the components of the pyramid tip (discretionary fat, added sugar, and alcohol) in these ethnic groups and examine adherence to each of the food group recommendations. Degree of adherence to the fruit group recommendation was similar among the ethnic groups and energy-intake categories, but adherence to the other recommendations was greatest for those consuming more than 2,800 kilocalories per day. However, subjects in this energy-intake group also consumed more than three times as much discretionary fat, added sugar, and alcohol.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Etiology Program, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96813, USA. gsharma@crch.hawaii.edu
authors.forename: Sangita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Suzanne P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Lynne R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Wilkens
authors.forename: Lucy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Jean H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Hankin
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Laurence N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Kolonel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006254:Hawaii; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D010349:Patient Compliance; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats