Nutrition and Health

High levels of cholesterol are widely held to be significant in the development of coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death of black persons in the United States (Wiist and Flack, 1990). High levels of cholesterol are widely thought to be a function, in part, of individual diet and nutrition (Wiist and Flack, 1990). One valuable intervention in efforts to control cholesterol levels, and, in turn, the incidence of coronary heart disease, is widely held to be education in diet and nutrition. The purpose of this study was to test the implied hypothesis that education in diet and nutrition would lead to a lowering of cholesterol levels (Wiist and Flack, 1990). Thus, the dependent variable in the research was the serum cholesterol level, while the independent variable was participation or nonparticipation in a diet and nutrition education program. The effects of two other variablessex and formal education levelwhich might intervene in the relationship between cholesterol levels and participation or nonparticipation in an education program were also measured.

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t. As the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data included only individuals aged 20 years old or older, the 63 Navy personnel aged 18 and 19 were excluded from the Navy sample data, leaving 5,424 individuals in the sample. The norms established for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were based on a 20to74 year old age range. These norms were adjusted to both a 20to54 year old age range and to a 20to44 year old age range to eliminate bias in comparisons with the younger Navy sample. Additionally, however, the Navy sample was 93 percent male, which was significantly different from the sex distribution in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. No adjustment in the norms established for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were made for this difference. The chi square analysis procedure was used to statistically compare the cholesterol levels in the Navy sample with those in the general population. This procedure was appropriate, as the cholesterol data were grouped according to the various sets of cutpoints defining "at risk," "moderate," "borderlinehigh," and "high" cholesterol levels.For most age groups, both men and women in the Navy sample had higher c
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