Psychosocial factors and intervention-associated changes in those factors as correlates of change in fruit and vegetable consumption in the Maryland WIC 5 a day promotion program

2000 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 307-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Langenberg ◽  
Michael Ballesteros ◽  
Robert Feldman ◽  
Dorothy Damron ◽  
Jean Anliker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Promotion Program

Psychosocial Factors Associated with Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan M. Krebs-Smith ◽  
Jerianne Heimendinger ◽  
Blossom H. Patterson ◽  
Amy F. Subar ◽  
Ronald Kessler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable Intake ◽  
Baseline Survey ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable

Purpose. This study examined the relationship between various psychosocial factors and fruit and vegetable consumption. Design. The 5 A Day Baseline Survey, conducted in August 1991, just before the initiation of the 5 A Day for Better Health Program, obtained data on adults' intakes of, and their knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes regarding, fruits and vegetables. Setting. The survey was conducted by telephone. Subjects. Subjects were 2811 adults (response rate, 43%) aged 18 years and older in the 48 coterminous United States. Measures. Fruit and vegetable intake was measured as self-reported frequency of use; most of the psychosocial variables were measured using Likert scales. Results. This study estimates that only 8% of American adults thought that five or more servings of fruits and vegetables were needed for good health. Of the factors studied, the most important in determining someone's fruit and vegetable intake were the number of servings they thought they should have in a day, whether they liked the taste, and whether they had been in the habit of eating many fruits and vegetables since childhood. These few factors accounted for 15% more of the variation in fruit and vegetable consumption than did demographic variables alone (8%). Conclusions. Nutrition education should stress the need to eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables per day because few adults are aware of this recommendation and such knowledge is strongly associated with increased intake. Furthermore, efforts to increase the palatability of fruits and vegetables, especially among children, should be promoted.

scholarly journals Identification of psychosocial factors related to fruit and vegetable consumption by American Indians

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Shafer ◽  
Barbara Lohse ◽  
Susan Nitzke ◽  
Geoffrey Greene ◽  
Karen Kritsch
Keyword(s):  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable

The Effect of the Maryland WIC 5-a-Day Promotion Program on Participants’ Stages of Change for Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 649-663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. L. Feldman ◽  
Dorothy Damron ◽  
Jean Anliker ◽  
Michael Ballesteros ◽  
Patricia Langenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stages Of Change ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Nutrition Intervention ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Black African ◽  
Promotion Program ◽  
Target Behaviors

The Maryland Women, Infants and Children (WIC) 5-A-Day Promotion Program examined the effect of a multifaceted nutrition intervention on changing the fruit and vegetable consumption of low-income women in the WIC program in Maryland. The sample consisted of 3,122 participants (1,443 intervention and 1,679 control) with a mean age of 27.2. Fifty-six percent were Black/African American. This article focuses on the effect of the intervention on the stages of change of the participants. Intervention participants showed significantly greater positive movement through the stages than control participants. Stages of change were measured for two specific target behaviors: eating five servings of fruits and vegetables a day and eating more servings of fruit and vegetables a day. Results demonstrated significant differences in the stage status of intervention and control women and in movement through the stages. The effectiveness of the intervention across groups depended on which staging measure was used.

Psychosocial factors influencing low fruit and vegetable consumption

1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Laforge ◽  
Geoffrey W. Greene ◽  
James O. Prochaska
Keyword(s):  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Factors Influencing
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