PMID- 23871110 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131114 LR - 20220408 IS - 2212-2672 (Print) IS - 2212-2672 (Linking) VI - 113 IP - 10 DP - 2013 Oct TI - Barriers and facilitators for consumer adherence to the dietary guidelines for Americans: the HEALTH study. PG - 1317-31 LID - S2212-2672(13)00527-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jand.2013.05.004 [doi] AB - The majority of the US population does not meet recommendations for consumption of milk, whole grains, fruit, and vegetables. The goal of our study was to understand barriers and facilitators to adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans for four nutrient-rich food groups in fifth-grade children and unrelated adult caregivers across six sites in a multistate study. A total of 281 unrelated adult caregivers (32% African American, 33% European American, and 35% Hispanic American) and 321 children (33% African American, 33% European American, and 34% Hispanic American) participated in 97 Nominal Group Technique sessions. Nominal Group Technique is a qualitative method of data collection that enables a group to generate and prioritize a large number of issues within a structure that gives everyone an equal voice. The core barriers specific to unrelated adult caregivers were lack of meal preparation skills or recipes (whole grains, fruit, vegetables); difficulty in changing eating habits (whole grains, fruit, vegetables), cost (milk, whole grains, fruit, vegetables), lack of knowledge of recommendation/portion/health benefits (milk, vegetables), and taste (milk, whole grains, vegetables). Specific to children, the core barriers were competing foods (ie, soda, junk foods, sugary foods [whole grains, milk, fruit, vegetables]), health concerns (ie, milk allergy/upset stomach [milk]), taste/flavor/smell (milk, whole grains, fruit, vegetables), forget to eat them (vegetables, fruit), and hard to consume or figure out the recommended amount (milk, fruit). For both unrelated adult caregivers and children, reported facilitators closely coincided with the barriers, highlighting modifiable conditions that could help individuals to meet the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Nicklas, Theresa A AU - Nicklas TA FAU - Jahns, Lisa AU - Jahns L FAU - Bogle, Margaret L AU - Bogle ML FAU - Chester, Deirdra N AU - Chester DN FAU - Giovanni, Maria AU - Giovanni M FAU - Klurfeld, David M AU - Klurfeld DM FAU - Laugero, Kevin AU - Laugero K FAU - Liu, Yan AU - Liu Y FAU - Lopez, Sandra AU - Lopez S FAU - Tucker, Katherine L AU - Tucker KL LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20130717 PL - United States TA - J Acad Nutr Diet JT - Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics JID - 101573920 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Beverages MH - Child MH - Dairy Products MH - Diet/*standards MH - Diet Surveys MH - Edible Grain MH - Ethnicity MH - *Feeding Behavior MH - Female MH - Fruit MH - *Guidelines as Topic MH - Health Behavior MH - *Health Promotion MH - Humans MH - Life Style MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Nutritional Physiological Phenomena MH - *Patient Compliance MH - Surveys and Questionnaires MH - Vegetables OTO - NOTNLM OT - Barriers OT - Caregivers OT - Children OT - Dietary guidelines OT - Facilitators EDAT- 2013/07/23 06:00 MHDA- 2013/11/15 06:00 CRDT- 2013/07/23 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/05/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/07/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/07/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/11/15 06:00 [medline] AID - S2212-2672(13)00527-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jand.2013.05.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Acad Nutr Diet. 2013 Oct;113(10):1317-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.05.004. Epub 2013 Jul 17.