The reported decrease in vegetable and carotenoid intake was unanticipated; nevertheless, the RRS measurements confirmed this. RRS data can help evaluate changes in fruit and vegetable intake.
There was no relationship between these lipid markers and adiposity in this population; however, there were correlations with HOMA-IR. Regardless of adiposity, there may be underlying changes in fatty acid and lipid metabolism associated with the development of metabolic diseases.
We thank you for the opportunity to respond to Dr Lucan 1 with respect to the letter about our article, "A Multicomponent, School-Based Intervention, the Shaping Healthy Choices Program, Improves Nutrition-Related Outcomes." 2 We acknowledge the points raised in this letter. Based on the comments, additional analyses were conducted on the full data set. These results, along with some amended statements, can be found in a corrigendum published in this issue.
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