Accurate determination of fruit and vegetable consumption is essential for research that seeks to determine current fruit and vegetable intake patterns, what type and amount of fruit and vegetable consumption is optimal for human health and for evaluating interventions developed to increase such consumption. However, there are many issues that make accurate determination of fruit and vegetable ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of a parent health report on fruit and vegetable consumption among preschoolers and kindergarteners. DESIGN Pre-post open design trial and a randomized controlled trial. SETTING A university-sponsored preschool and kindergarten. PARTICIPANTS A total of 63 parents of preschool and kindergarten students participated in the pre-post open design trial ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Previous studies have suggested that self-efficacy, social support, and knowledge are primary psychosocial predictors of dietary behavior in adults. The present study aimed to investigate the associations of self-efficacy, social support, and knowledge with fruit and vegetable consumption in Japanese workers. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN From September to November 2014, ...

BACKGROUND Low fruit and vegetable consumption is among the top 10 risk factors contributing to mortality worldwide. WHO/FAO recommends intake of a minimum of 400 grams (or five servings) of fruits and vegetables per day for the prevention of chronic diseases such as heart diseases, cancer, diabetes, and obesity. OBJECTIVE This paper examines the fruit and vegetable consumption patterns and t...

OBJECTIVES This article focuses on associations between the frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption and other health-related behaviours or conditions, including physical activity, smoking, obesity and alcohol-dependence. DATA SOURCE The data are from the first half of cycle 1.1 of the Canadian Community Health Survey, collected from September 2000 through February 2001. ANALYTICAL TECH...

BACKGROUND Vegetable consumption among preschool children is below recommended levels. New evidence-based approaches to increase preschoolers' vegetable intake, particularly in the child care setting, are needed. This study tests the effectiveness of two community-based randomized interventions to increase vegetable consumption and willingness to try vegetables: (1) the pairing of a vegetable w...

This study evaluated the efficacy of a theory of planned behaviour (TPB) based intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption. The extent to which fruit and vegetable consumption and change in intake could be explained by the TPB was also examined. Participants were randomly assigned to two levels of intervention frequency matched for intervention content (low frequency n=92, high fre...

objectives: this study was done to assess the some factors which influence on fruit and vegetable consumption among iranian's elderly. methods and materials: this study was a cross sectional study which was done on 400 elderly people through a two stages sampling method. 10 elderly centers were selected from all of elderly centers in tehran. during second stage, a systematic random samplin...