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Table 4 Comparison of food group intake before and after the intervention

From: The effect of nutrition education for cancer prevention based on health belief model on nutrition knowledge, attitude, and practice of Iranian women

Food group

Before intervention

After intervention

p-value

Wholegrain

24.92 ± 64.49

37.17 ± 59.27

0.03

Refined grain

217.57 ± 114.63

231.02 ± 131.52

0.14

Low-fat dairy

136.27 ± 152.25

166.68 ± 146.31

0.009

Medium fat dairy

27.78 ± 80.76

30.32 ± 71.53

0.37

High-fat dairy

135.37 ± 191.41

83.37 ± 150.66

0.001

Meat

70.117 ± 108.27

65.78 ± 73.18

0.33

Processed meat

10.77 ± 39.30

7.91 ± 31.82

0.22

Fish

8.05 ± 21.57

10.49 ± 29.40

0.16

Vegetables

318.32 ± 189.65

313.12 ± 229.15

0.40

Fruits

522.79 ± 297.39

560.79 ± 275.61

0.07

Fruit juice

34.27 ± 86.58

30.90 ± 67.18

0.33

Beans

36.06 ± 50.87

32.40 ± 54.27

0.27

Sweat and desserts

15.65 ± 54.38

16.67 ± 42.22

0.42

Hydrogenated fat

4.14 ± 17.39

4.33 ± 9.54

0.45

Animal fat

3.78 ± 8.17

4.67 ± 11.70

0.18

Olive and other vegetable oil

5.20 ± 17.72

5.31 ± 12.37

0.47

Egg

9.82 ± 27.61

9.09 ± 27.08

0.40

Nuts

4.27 ± 23.44

8.95 ± 28.71

0.04

  1. Significant P value (< 0.05) was bolded
  2. Values are mean (SD)