What is it about?
Low Fruit/Vegetable diet seems to be a global public health problem. We surveyed 777 participants from the general population in public places all around the Mashhad City, Iran in 2014. A standardized checklist about socio-demographic characteristics and possible related factors and stages of change questionnaire (6 stages: pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparing, action, maintenance, and termination) were used for data collection.
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Why is it important?
We found that 254 (47.7%) and 299 (59.8%) of participants were in pre-action stages of fruit and vegetable consumption, respectively. Smoking (Odd Ratio=3.2) increased and believing that this is good for the body (Odds Ratio=0.12) decreased the chance of being in the pre-contemplation stage for fruits. Being physically active (Odds Ratio=2), low agreement with health benefits of vegetables (Odds Ratio=8) and low agreement with “vegetables make more diet variability” (Odds Ratio=4) increases the chance of being in the pre-contemplation stage for vegetables.
Perspectives
Targeting the items that were found as the pros and cons of fruit and vegetable consumption should be considered by public health decision makers.
Dr Majid Khadem Rezaiyan
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
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This page is a summary of: Predictors of Stages of Change in Fruit/Vegetable Consumption based on Trans-Theoretical Model: A Population-based Study, Nutrition and Food Sciences Research, October 2016, CASRP: Center of Advanced Scientific Research and Publications,
DOI: 10.18869/acadpub.nfsr.3.4.13.
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