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. 2016 Sep 15;16:982. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3656-y

Table 2.

Comparison of the mean fruit and vegetable intakes and percentages of women who met Canada’s food guide recommendations for the fruit and vegetable questionnaire and the food record (n = 48)

Variables FVQ Food record P-values
Mean ± SD for daily intakes (servings)
 Vegetables 2.53 ± 0.97 2.74 ± 1.41 0.2509
 Potatoesa 0.29 ± 0.27 0.43 ± 1.02 0.3628
 Vegetable juice 0.21 ± 0.39 0.44 ± 0.67 0.0168
 Fruits 2.35 ± 0.88 2.48 ± 1.05 0.4390
 Fruit juice 1.11 ± 0.81 1.50 ± 1.25 0.0134
 Total fruit and vegetables 6.50 ± 1.78 7.41 ± 2.40 0.0130
Canada’s Food Guide recommendations
  < 7 servings of fruits and vegetables 54.2 % 37.5 % 0.0736
  ≥ 7 servings of fruits and vegetables 45.8 % 62.5 % 0.0736

Abbreviations: FVQ fruit and vegetable questionnaire, SD standard deviation

aExcluding French-fried potatoes