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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 11.
Published in final edited form as: Integr Cancer Ther. 2013 Oct 7;13(2):114–120. doi: 10.1177/1534735413503550

Table 3.

Baseline self-reported dietary intake and compliance to national dietary recommendations of African American breast cancer survivors enrolled into a randomized control trial (n=31).

Total Dietary Energy Intake Mean (SE)
Energy, kcal/d 1867 ± 218
Weight, g/d 2180.9 ± 216.4
Fat (% energy) 35.8 ± 1.4
Saturated fat (% energy) 10.4 ± 0.6
Discretionary fat, g/day 65.6 ± 9.7
Fiber, g/d 18.9 ± 2.0
Vegetables, servings/day 5.0 ± 0.7
Fruits, servings/day 3.3 ± 0.4
Total grains, servings/day 3.8 ± 0.5
Whole grains, servings/day 0.9 ± 0.1
Alcohol, drinks/day 0.20 ± 0.06
Energy Density, kcal/g 0.86 ± 0.05
Added Sugars, g/d 67.3 ± 16.0
Dietary Components % Compliance
>5 servings of fruits and vegetables/day17,18 71.0
>10% of daily servings of fruits and vegetables from 2 or more categories 83.9
18 oz. of red and processed meat/week22 83.9
>50% total grains as whole grains12 6.5
Total drinks of alcohol
 <1 drink/day17,18
96.8
0 drinks/day 22 29.0
Fiber Intake23
 >21 g/d
35.5
Dietary Fat2325
 <35% total kcals
35.5
Saturated Fat 2325
 <7% total kcals
12.9
Added Sugars24,27
 <6 tsps/d
22.6
Total Water Intake23
 >2.7L*
6.7
*

4-day food records were used to calculate total water intake