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Stages of change to increase fruit and vegetable intake and its relationships with fruit and vegetable intake and related psychosocial factors

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Understanding individual's intention, action and maintenance to increase fruit and vegetable intake is an initial step in designing nutrition or health promotion programs. This study aimed to determine stages of change to increase fruit and vegetable intake and its relati...

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Autores principales: Chee Yen, Wong, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Kandiah, Mirnalini, Mohd Taib, Mohd Nasir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Nutrition Society and the Korean Society of Community Nutrition 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4058564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24944775
http://dx.doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2014.8.3.297
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author Chee Yen, Wong
Mohd Shariff, Zalilah
Kandiah, Mirnalini
Mohd Taib, Mohd Nasir
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description BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Understanding individual's intention, action and maintenance to increase fruit and vegetable intake is an initial step in designing nutrition or health promotion programs. This study aimed to determine stages of change to increase fruit and vegetable intake and its relationships with fruit and vegetable intake, self-efficacy, perceived benefits and perceived barriers. SUBJECTS/METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 348 public university staff in Universiti Putra Malaysia. A pre-tested self-administered questionnaire and two days 24-hour diet recall were used. RESULTS: Half of the respondents (50%) were in preparation stage, followed by 43% in action/maintenance, 7% in pre-contemplation/contemplation stages. Respondents in action/maintenance stages had significantly higher self-efficacy (F = 9.17, P < 0.001) and perceived benefits (F = 5.07, P < 0.01) while respondents in pre-contemplation/contemplation and preparation stages had significantly higher perceived barriers (F = 4.83, P < 0.05). Perceived benefits tend to outweigh perceived barriers pre-ceding to taking action. Self-efficacy is important in motivating individuals to increase fruit and vegetable intake as self-efficacy and perceived barriers crossed over between preparation and action/maintenance. Respondents in action/maintenance stages had the highest adjusted mean serving of fruit and vegetable intake (F = 4.52, P < 0.05) but the intake did not meet recommendation. CONCLUSION: Intervention strategies should emphasize on increasing perceived benefits and building self-efficacy by providing knowledge and skills to consume a diet high in fruits and vegetables in order to promote healthy changes in having high fruit and vegetable intake.
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spelling pubmed-40585642014-06-18 Stages of change to increase fruit and vegetable intake and its relationships with fruit and vegetable intake and related psychosocial factors Chee Yen, Wong Mohd Shariff, Zalilah Kandiah, Mirnalini Mohd Taib, Mohd Nasir Nutr Res Pract Original Research BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Understanding individual's intention, action and maintenance to increase fruit and vegetable intake is an initial step in designing nutrition or health promotion programs. This study aimed to determine stages of change to increase fruit and vegetable intake and its relationships with fruit and vegetable intake, self-efficacy, perceived benefits and perceived barriers. SUBJECTS/METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 348 public university staff in Universiti Putra Malaysia. A pre-tested self-administered questionnaire and two days 24-hour diet recall were used. RESULTS: Half of the respondents (50%) were in preparation stage, followed by 43% in action/maintenance, 7% in pre-contemplation/contemplation stages. Respondents in action/maintenance stages had significantly higher self-efficacy (F = 9.17, P < 0.001) and perceived benefits (F = 5.07, P < 0.01) while respondents in pre-contemplation/contemplation and preparation stages had significantly higher perceived barriers (F = 4.83, P < 0.05). Perceived benefits tend to outweigh perceived barriers pre-ceding to taking action. Self-efficacy is important in motivating individuals to increase fruit and vegetable intake as self-efficacy and perceived barriers crossed over between preparation and action/maintenance. Respondents in action/maintenance stages had the highest adjusted mean serving of fruit and vegetable intake (F = 4.52, P < 0.05) but the intake did not meet recommendation. CONCLUSION: Intervention strategies should emphasize on increasing perceived benefits and building self-efficacy by providing knowledge and skills to consume a diet high in fruits and vegetables in order to promote healthy changes in having high fruit and vegetable intake. The Korean Nutrition Society and the Korean Society of Community Nutrition 2014-06 2014-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4058564/ /pubmed/24944775 http://dx.doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2014.8.3.297 Text en ©2014 The Korean Nutrition Society and the Korean Society of Community Nutrition http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full_unstemmed Stages of change to increase fruit and vegetable intake and its relationships with fruit and vegetable intake and related psychosocial factors
title_short Stages of change to increase fruit and vegetable intake and its relationships with fruit and vegetable intake and related psychosocial factors
title_sort stages of change to increase fruit and vegetable intake and its relationships with fruit and vegetable intake and related psychosocial factors
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4058564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24944775
http://dx.doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2014.8.3.297
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