Abstract
An 8-week treatment-control intervention with 6-month follow-up study determined the effectiveness of disease prevention lifestyle-oriented nutrition counseling provided by dietetic interns/students to a convenience sample of 38 executive military and 30 campus clients (52 control subjects). Repeated measures distinguished changes between and within groups on the 4 disease prevention variables: fruit intake, vegetable intake, low-fat eating, and exercise. The executive military clients significantly improved their vegetable intake and low-fat eating behaviors (P < .001). Campus clients made some changes through the counseling, however relapsed by the 6-month follow-up. Clients collaborated with their counselors to pursue a wide variety of individualized goals through this lifestyle-oriented nutrition counseling.