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