Table 5.

Percentage of Intensive Life Style Intervention participants who met the dietary recommendations at 12 months (N = 1,211)

Nutrient	Recommendation	Consuming < 1 meal replacement/day (n = 318)	Consuming 1 to < 2 meal replacement/day (n = 380)	Consuming ≥ 2 meal replacements/day (n = 513)	P-valuea
% energy from fat	≤ 30%	19.2	26.3	36.8	< 0.0001
% energy from saturated fat	≤ 10%	32.7	49.0	63.0	< 0.0001
Cholesterol	≤ 300 mg/day	73.0	82.1	82.7	0.001
Bread, cereal, rice & pasta	≥ 6 servings/day	1.3	1.3	1.0	0.878
Fruit	≥ 2 servings/day	35.9	45.5	51.5	< 0.0001
Vegetable	≥ 3 servings/day	41.5	47.6	50.9	0.031
Milk, yogurt & cheese	≥ 2 servings/day	32.7	68.4	100.0	< 0.0001
Meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs & nuts	≥ 2 servings/day	43.1	34.2	33.7	0.014
Fats, oils & sweets	Limit, ≤ 1 serving/day	53.8	59.0	63.6	0.020

^aP-values are for unadjusted Chi-square tests.