Women’s goal setting and achievement | Set goals | Achieved goals | Improved but did not achieve | Did not change | Worsened | Unknown |
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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 |