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Psychosocial Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Japanese Population
There is limited evidence in Japan regarding the psychosocial determinants of fruit/vegetable intake. We performed a cross-sectional study of people aged 18 years or older in four regions of Japan; 2308 (men: 1012, women: 1296) individuals who completed the questionnaires were included. We found tha...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997472/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27527198 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13080786 |
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author | Wang, Da-Hong Kogashiwa, Michiko Mori, Naoko Yamashita, Shikibu Fujii, Wakako Ueda, Nobuo Homma, Hiroto Suzuki, Hisao Masuoka, Noriyoshi |
author_facet | Wang, Da-Hong Kogashiwa, Michiko Mori, Naoko Yamashita, Shikibu Fujii, Wakako Ueda, Nobuo Homma, Hiroto Suzuki, Hisao Masuoka, Noriyoshi |
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description | There is limited evidence in Japan regarding the psychosocial determinants of fruit/vegetable intake. We performed a cross-sectional study of people aged 18 years or older in four regions of Japan; 2308 (men: 1012, women: 1296) individuals who completed the questionnaires were included. We found that 24.8% of people were aware of the current recommendations for vegetables and 13.2% for fruit and that “ability to design meals” and “availability when eating outside of the home” were the most important factors related to self-efficacy and barriers to fruit and vegetable intake, respectively. People with high self-efficacy (OR: 3.16; 95% CI: 2.17, 4.60 for fruit; OR: 4.52; 95% CI: 3.08, 6.64 for vegetables) were more likely to consume more fruit and vegetables. People with high scores on attitude (OR: 1.54; 95% CI: 1.06, 2.24) and social support (OR: 1.59; 95% CI: 1.11, 2.27) were more likely to consume more fruit. People with high perceived barriers (OR: 0.69; 95% CI: 0.48, 0.98) were less likely to consume fruit. This study suggests a need to increase the general population’s awareness of the fruit and vegetable intake recommendations; facilitating positive attitudes, self-efficacy, and social support for individuals and strengthening the ability of individuals to design meals with more vegetables and fruit might be useful intervention programs. |
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spelling | pubmed-49974722016-08-26 Psychosocial Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Japanese Population Wang, Da-Hong Kogashiwa, Michiko Mori, Naoko Yamashita, Shikibu Fujii, Wakako Ueda, Nobuo Homma, Hiroto Suzuki, Hisao Masuoka, Noriyoshi Int J Environ Res Public Health Article There is limited evidence in Japan regarding the psychosocial determinants of fruit/vegetable intake. We performed a cross-sectional study of people aged 18 years or older in four regions of Japan; 2308 (men: 1012, women: 1296) individuals who completed the questionnaires were included. We found that 24.8% of people were aware of the current recommendations for vegetables and 13.2% for fruit and that “ability to design meals” and “availability when eating outside of the home” were the most important factors related to self-efficacy and barriers to fruit and vegetable intake, respectively. People with high self-efficacy (OR: 3.16; 95% CI: 2.17, 4.60 for fruit; OR: 4.52; 95% CI: 3.08, 6.64 for vegetables) were more likely to consume more fruit and vegetables. People with high scores on attitude (OR: 1.54; 95% CI: 1.06, 2.24) and social support (OR: 1.59; 95% CI: 1.11, 2.27) were more likely to consume more fruit. People with high perceived barriers (OR: 0.69; 95% CI: 0.48, 0.98) were less likely to consume fruit. This study suggests a need to increase the general population’s awareness of the fruit and vegetable intake recommendations; facilitating positive attitudes, self-efficacy, and social support for individuals and strengthening the ability of individuals to design meals with more vegetables and fruit might be useful intervention programs. MDPI 2016-08-05 2016-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4997472/ /pubmed/27527198 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13080786 Text en © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Wang, Da-Hong Kogashiwa, Michiko Mori, Naoko Yamashita, Shikibu Fujii, Wakako Ueda, Nobuo Homma, Hiroto Suzuki, Hisao Masuoka, Noriyoshi Psychosocial Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Japanese Population |
title | Psychosocial Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Japanese Population |
title_full | Psychosocial Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Japanese Population |
title_fullStr | Psychosocial Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Japanese Population |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychosocial Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Japanese Population |
title_short | Psychosocial Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Japanese Population |
title_sort | psychosocial determinants of fruit and vegetable consumption in a japanese population |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997472/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27527198 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13080786 |
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