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Table 2 Dietary goals women set and whether achieved after 1 month by category

From: Assessing use of a printed lifestyle intervention tool by women with borderline gestational diabetes and their achievement of diet and exercise goals: a descriptive study

Women’s goal setting and achievement

Set goals

Achieved goals

Improved but did not achieve

Did not change

Worsened

Unknown

Dietary goals

N a (%)

N (%b)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Bread, cereal (grains) group

      

22 goals set by 20 women

20 (38.5)

17 (85.0)

2 (10.0)

2 (10.0)

-

-

  −Increase overall daily intake

  −Choose low GI food varieties

  −Choose wholemeal/wholegrain bread

  −Choose wholemeal flour

  −Choose wholemeal pasta

  −Reduce gluten free bread

Vegetable

      

22 goals set by 22 women

22 (42.3)

7 (31.8)

4 (18.2)

6 (27.3)

1 (4.5)

4 (18.2)

  −Increase daily vegetable intake

  −Less potato and sweet potato

Fruit

      

26 goals set by 25 women

25 (48.1)

18 (72.0)

3 (12.0)

2 (8.0)

-

3 (12.0)

  -Increase overall daily fruit intake

  -Reduce overall daily fruit intake

  -Reduce daily fruit juice intake

  -Limit tropical fruit

Dairy

      

27 goals set by 25 women

25 (48.1)

20 (80.0)

1 (4.0)

2 (8.0)

-

2 (8.0)

  -Choose low fat dairy

  -Increase dairy intake

  -Reduce dairy intake

Meat and protein rich food

      

26 goals set by 25 women

25 (48.1)

15 (60.0)

1 (4.0)

5 (20.0)

2 (8.0)

3 (12.0)

  -Reduce overall meat intake

  -Increase overall meat intake

  -Choose lean meat

  -Increase red meat intake

Extra foodc

      

40 goals set by 35 women

35 (67.3)

8 (22.9)

2 (5.7)

4 (11.4)

-

23 (65.7)

  -Limit food high in fat, sugar and/or salt

  -Limit fat and oil

-Change the type of fat used in cooking

  -Replace buttered toast with cereal and milk

  -Reduce coffee

Overall dietary goal

      

34 goals set by 23 women

23 (44.2)

22 (95.7)

-

-

-

2 (8.7)

  -Maintain current dietary intake (quantity)

  -Maintain current good dietary habits (quality)

  -Reduce the overall food serving sizes

  1. GI Glycaemic Index
  2. aTable subtotals do not add to 100 % because women may have set multiple goals for one goal category
  3. bpercentage of women who set goals
  4. cincludes food high in fat, sugar and/or salt, and those do not belong to any of the five main food groups