these data shoe that the low percentage (~11%) of child and adult cv+cf consumer in the NHANES 2001-2010, compared with nonconsumers, had higher intakes of selected nutriens (ie, dietary fiber, choline, and potssium in children and adults and vitamin A, calcium, and magnesium in children only) on a given day. in addition, both child and adult cv+cf consumers had small, but statistically significant, higher HIE total scores compared with nonconsumers.
because the academy promotes the total diet approach to healthy eating, it is useful to examine the HIE-2010, which is a measure of dietary quality. in this study, cv+cf consumption was associated with better overall diet quality, as indicated by higher total vegetables, total fruits, and whole fruit scores helped drive the higher total HEI score, ans support the contention that cv+cf make important contribution toward total vegetable and fruit intake because HEI-2010 scores were also higher for dairy and empty calories in child consumer, and for rifined grains in adult consumers, attributing higher totsl HEI scores to cv+cf intake alone would be incorrect