Table 4.

Implementing Health Care Provider Advice on Diet and Exercise by Ethnicity (n = 71)

Health Advice	White	Black	Vietnamese	Latino
Eat more vegetables	Add salads (primarily   iceberg lettuce)	Eat green vegetables   (most often canned)	Eat more homemade   vegetable soup and   more “healthy”   vegetables such as   bitter melon	Add salads (primarily   iceberg lettuce)
Limit carbohydrates		Avoid bread, rice,   potatoes, and pasta	Reduce rice	Avoid white rice and   bread
Limit fat	Limit saturated fat	Bake foods rather than   fry them	Avoid fat and oil	Avoid Puerto Rican diet:   it’s high fat and uses a   lot of red meat and rice
Eat a healthy diet	Eat low-calorie food	Use Kosher salt in place   of table salt	Consume food of many   colors	Eat white meat instead of   red meat
		Limit greasy foods		Read food labels to avoid   low-sugar foods high   in salt
Exercise more	Walk or jog	Walk	Walk	Walk outside or on   treadmill
		Calisthenics or physical   therapy exercises	Housework, yard work	Calisthenics or physical   therapy exercises
			Cycling	Use machines at gym
			Tai chi	Housework, yard work
				Cycling