Time to address continued poor vegetable intake in Australia for prevention of chronic disease
| Autor: | Adrian Bauman, Lyndal Wellard, Wendy L. Watson, Michelle Havill, Margaret Allman-Farinelli, Clare Hughes, Kathy Chapman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Adult Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Audience segmentation Recommended Dietary Allowances Diet Surveys 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Neoplasms Vegetables Perishability Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine General Psychology media_common Aged Consumption (economics) Aged 80 and over 030109 nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Body Weight Australia Middle Aged Maintenance stage Social marketing Diet Health promotion Chronic disease Socioeconomic Factors Fruit Chronic Disease Female Habit Self Report business |
| Zdroj: | Appetite. 107 |
| ISSN: | 1095-8304 |
| Popis: | Australian and most international Dietary Guidelines recommend people consume more fruits and vegetables (FV) to maintain a healthy weight and reduce chronic disease risk. Previous Australian and international surveys have shown sub-optimal consumption of FV.This study aimed to assess adults' FV consumption, knowledge of recommended servings, readiness to change, barriers/enabling factors, so that this knowledge might be used for campaigns that support improved consumption.An online survey of a representative sample of adults living in New South Wales, Australia (n = 2474) measuring self-reported FV consumption; attitudes towards FV consumption; stage of change for increasing FV; barriers to consumption; and knowledge of cancer-health benefits.FV consumption was below recommendations, with vegetable consumption notably low. Only 10% of participants ate at least five servings of vegetables/day (median intake was two daily servings), and 57% consumed two servings fruit/day. There was poor recognition that intake of vegetables was inadequate and this was a barrier to improving vegetable consumption; with preferences for other foods, habit and cost also important barriers. Key barriers to increasing fruit intake were habit, preferences for other foods, perishability, and cost. For vegetable consumption, 49% of participants were in the pre-contemplation stage of change, whereas for fruits 56% were in the action/maintenance stage. Sixty-four percent of respondents believed that eating FV would protect against cancer, with 56% reporting they thought not eating enough FV would cause cancer.Understanding what motivates and prevents people from consuming FV is important for developing effective health promotion programs. Similar to previous surveys, there has been little shift in FV consumption. Social marketing campaigns have been shown to improve health-related behaviours, and this study may assist in identifying audience segmentation for better targeted campaigns. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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