Nutrition Recommendations Critical to Teach Low-Income Adults in EFNEP: U.S. Dietary Guidelines Expert Panel Opinion

ObjectiveAn expert panel was convened to prioritize which nutrition messages from the 2010 U.S. Dietary Guidelines were most critical to teach low-income adults to improve diet quality and reduce chronic diseases. MethodsSix experts were recruited nationally with the professional expertise needed to prioritize the Dietary Guidelines that were most-critical to teach a low-income audience through the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), a federally-funded national nutrition education program. Expert panel members had specific expertise in the following areas: serving on the 2010 US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, developing current national consumer nutrition messages from the Dietary Guidelines, evaluating and conducting national nutrition research related to the prevention of chronic diseases and underserved populations, leading nutrition education programs targeting low-income adults, and EFNEP administration. The experts individually prioritized 23 specific Dietary Guidelines nu...