title: Can individuals meet multiple physical activity and dietary behavior goals?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine whether participants with the most behavioral goals to achieve were more likely to meet more goals than those given fewer goals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight hundred ten participants were randomly assigned to advice-only, established guidelines for blood pressure control (reduced sodium, increased physical activity), or established guidelines plus the DASH diet (increased fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy, reduced fat).
  
  
  RESULTS
  At 6 months, 11.7% of Advice-Only, 19.3% of Established, and 44.6% of Established plus DASH met at least 3 goals (P<0.0001). At 18 months, 33.5% of Established plus DASH met at least 3 goals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Those with the most goals to achieve reached the most goals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Maryland, School of Public Health, College Park, MD 20742, USA. DRYoung@umd.edu
authors.forename: Deborah Rohm
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: William M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Vollmer
authors.forename: Abby C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Ann J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Victor J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: Patricia J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Elmer
authors.forename: Shirley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Craddick
authors.forename: Dana L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Sturtevant
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Harsha
authors.forename: Lawrence J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Appel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004032:Diet / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D015431:Weight Loss