. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Acad Nutr Diet. 2012 Sep 18;112(11):1852–1858. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2012.06.357

Table 3.

Comparison of GoodNEWS Intake with AHA Healthy Diet Components

Food Category	AHA Healthy Diet Components (3)	Median GoodNEWS intake/day (25^th, 75^th %ile)
Food Category	AHA Healthy Diet Components (3)	All Participants	Male (n=75)	Female (n=286)
Fruits and vegetables (cups/day)	4.5	2.9 (1.5, 4.9)	2.2 (1.2, 4.0)	3.0 (1.5, 5.3)
Fish, preferably oily (oz/wk)	7	2.7 (1.3, 5.0)	2.6 (1.2, 5.0)	2.7 (1.3, 5.1)
Fiber-rich whole grains (1 oz servings/day)	3	1.0 (0.6, 1.7)	0.9 (0.6, 1.8)	1.0 (0.6, 1.7)
Sodium (mg/day)	<1500	2453 (1649, 3733)	2632 (1768, 3749)	2399 (1567, 3618)
Added sugar (tsp/wk)^a	56	92 (53,164)	88 (47,180)	92 (52,154)

In place of the AHA metric of ≤ 450 kcal/week of sugar-sweetened beverages, the available GoodNEWS analysis allowed comparison on the basis of total daily sugar. The value 56 tsp/wk was derived based on the AHA’s allowance of half of the added sugar recommendation allowed from beverages (6).