Habit is the Bridge between Intention and Behavior: A Look at Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among Low-Income Older Adults
| Autor: | Yeon Ho Shin, Regan Dougherty Henry, Seung Eun Jung, Seoyoun Kim, Janice Hermann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
Low income media_common.quotation_subject Health Behavior 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Intention Bridge (interpersonal) Habits 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Vegetables Humans Medicine Socioeconomics Aged media_common Consumption (economics) 030109 nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Theory of planned behavior Feeding Behavior Cross-Sectional Studies Fruit Habit Geriatrics and Gerontology business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics. 40:215-231 |
| ISSN: | 2155-1200 2155-1197 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/21551197.2021.1944423 |
| Popis: | To examine the influence of habit and theory of planned behavior (TPB) variables in predicting low-income older adults' fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption.Cross-sectional study.A city in the southeast United States.A total of 372 low-income older adults participated in this study.Participants completed a validated survey measuring TPB variables (attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and intention), FV intake using the Block Dietary Fruit-Vegetable Screener, and self-reported habit index to measure FV consumption. Perceived behavioral control was the largest factor influencing intention to consume FV, followed by attitude and subjective norm. In addition, there was a significant interaction between habit strength and intention, such that intention influenced FV consumption only among individuals with average or higher habit strength.Findings from this study suggest health promotion programs aimed at increasing FV intake among low-income older adults should focus on establishing FV intake as a habit so that an individual's intentions to consume FV can be transformed into actual FV intake. Also, emphasizing how to overcome potential barriers would improve low-income older adults' actual FV intake by increasing their sense of control over consuming FV. |
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