Table 2

Student Responses (%)


Students
discrim coeff

5. Past thirty years, per cent fat in American diet


Increase
76
-0.10
Decrease
22
0.14
Same
3
-0.10




6. Most energy dense food


Carbohydrate
19
-0.15
Protein
7
-0.10
Fat
74
0.19




7. High blood cholesterol lowered significantly by


Diet
14
0.06
Drugs such as statins
21
0.17
Diet or drugs equal
61
-0.15
Neither
0

Don't know
0





8. Most likely to increase risk of CVD


UF t>gF
46
0.02
UF -> CHO
7
0.11
CHO -> UF
3
-0.27
CHO -> SF
23
0.09
SF -> CHO
2
0.00
SF -> UF
12
-0.08

Makowske and Feinman Nutrition Journal 2005 4:2   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-4-2

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