Nutrition Recommendations from the US Dietary Guidelines Critical to Teach Low-Income Adults: Expert Panel Opinion

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Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Information The Continuing Professional Education (CPE) quiz for this article is available for free to Academy members through the MyCDRGo app (available for iOS and Android devices) and through www.jandonline.org (click on “CPE” in the menu and then “Academy Journal CPE Articles”). Log in with your Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or Commission on Dietetic Registration username and password, click “Journal Article Quiz” on the next page, then click the “Additional Journal CPE quizzes” button to view a list of available quizzes. Non-members may take CPE quizzes by sending a request to [email protected] There is a fee of $45 per quiz (includes quiz and copy of article) for non-member Journal CPE. CPE quizzes are valid for 1 year after the issue date in which the articles are published. Nutrition education is critical for low-income adults as a means to address the poor diet quality and nutritional status of this population. 1 Leung C.W. Ding E.L. Catalano P.J. Villamor E. Rimm E.B. Willett W. Dietary intake and dietary quality of low-income adults in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012; 96: 977-988 Crossref PubMed Scopus (166) Google Scholar , 2 Ben-Shalom Y. Fox M.K. Newby P.K. Characteristics and Dietary Patterns of Healthy and Less-Healthy Eaters in the Low-Income Population. Food and Nutrition Service, US Department of Agriculture, Alexandria, VA2012 Google Scholar Diet quality is inversely associated with development and progression of chronic diseases 3 Rathod A.D. Bharadwaj A.S. Badheka A.O. Kizilbash M. Afonso L. Healthy Eating Index and mortality in a nationally representative elderly cohort. Arch Intern Med. 2012; 172: 275-277 Crossref PubMed Scopus (27) Google Scholar , 4 Belin R.J. Greenland P. Allison M. et al. Diet quality and the risk of cardiovascular disease: The Women's Health Initiative (WHI). Am J Clin Nutr. 2014; 94: 49-57 Crossref Scopus (101) Google Scholar , 5 Tandle D.L. Magel R. Strand B.N. Healthy Eating Index and abdominal obesity. Public Health Nutr. 2010; 13: 208-214 Crossref PubMed Scopus (71) Google Scholar and excess adiposity. 6 Bailey B.W. Perkins A. Tucker L.A. LeCheminant J.D. Tucker J.M. Moncur B. Adherence to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the relationship to adiposity in young women. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2015; 47: 86-93 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (10) Google Scholar Low-income adults have elevated rates of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and obesity, and shorter life expectancies compared with higher-income adults. 7 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2015. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus15_inbrief.pdf Accessed June 13, 2016. Google Scholar Low-income adults experience lower intakes of key foods and nutrients that contribute to health, such as fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy. 8 Andreyeva T. Tripp A.S. Schwartz M.B. Dietary quality of Americans by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation status: A systematic review. Am J Prev Med. 2015; 49: 594-604 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (160) Google Scholar Many low-income families also exceed recommended intakes of sweets, sugar-sweetened beverages, snack foods, and processed meats. 1 Leung C.W. Ding E.L. Catalano P.J. Villamor E. Rimm E.B. Willett W. Dietary intake and dietary quality of low-income adults in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012; 96: 977-988 Crossref PubMed Scopus (166) Google Scholar The Continuing Professional Education (CPE) quiz for this article is available for free to Academy members through the MyCDRGo app (available for iOS and Android devices) and through www.jandonline.org (click on “CPE” in the menu and then “Academy Journal CPE Articles”). Log in with your Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or Commission on Dietetic Registration username and password, click “Journal Article Quiz” on the next page, then click the “Additional Journal CPE quizzes” button to view a list of available quizzes. Non-members may take CPE quizzes by sending a request to [email protected] There is a fee of $45 per quiz (includes quiz and copy of article) for non-member Journal CPE. CPE quizzes are valid for 1 year after the issue date in which the articles are published.