title: Assessing healthful eating among community dwelling rural older adults using self-reported fruit and vegetable consumption via a community-wide mail-out health status assessment.
abstract: This project assessed fruit and vegetable intakes among rural older adults on a regional mail-out community health assessment. Over 95% of respondents answered questions regarding fruit and vegetable consumption. Rural older adults in this sample were willing to respond to questions regarding their fruit and vegetable intake; yet they were not likely to be meeting minimum recommended intakes of these foods. Including questions about dietary healthfulness on such an assessment may provide key stakeholders and policymakers a clearer understanding of their community's overall health status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Behavioral Health, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1266, USA.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Prochaska
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Sharkey
authors.forename: Marcia G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Ory
authors.forename: James N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Burdine
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D012423:Rural Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas; D014675:Vegetables