title: Nutrition Content in a National Nutrition Education Program for Low-Income Adults: Content Analysis and Comparison With the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify nutrition-related content employed nationally by the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) with adult participants. A content analysis was used to assess the type, frequency, and depth of nutrition content in adult curricula most used by EFNEP nationally compared with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2010 DGA). All EFNEP curricula reviewed employed the vast majority of the 2010 DGA nutrition recommendations, with differences in the frequency and depth of nutrition content. Further research is needed to determine which 2010 DGA recommendations are most important to teach and evaluate within a low-income population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
authors.forename: Erin K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
authors.forename: Garry
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Auld
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Inglis-Widrick
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. Electronic address: susan.baker@colostate.edu.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D011203:Poverty; D014481:United States
keywords: EFNEP; curriculum; dietary guidelines; low-income population; nutrition education