Probing Consumer Benefits and Barriers for the National 5 A Day Campaign: Focus Group Findings

Balch, George I.; Loughrey, Kathleen A.; Weinberg, Linda; Lurie, Deborah; Eisner, Ellen J.

doi:10.1016/s0022-3182(97)70195-x

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“…The National "5 A Day" Campaign and the Food Guide Pyramid recommend five to nine daily servings of vegetables and fruits [26,39]; however, neither of these prioritizes which vegetables and fruits should be consumed. Lettuce, onions, apples and bananas-some of the most frequently consumed vegetables and fruits reported here-are not rich in vitamin C. Children with desirable vitamin C intakes, on average, consumed one daily serving of citrus fruits, and we found that the only high-vitamin C "fruit" frequently consumed by the children was orange juice.…”

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Intakes of Vitamin C, Vegetables and Fruits: Which Schoolchildren Are at Risk?

Hampl

Taylor

Johnston

1999

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

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A considerable number of children drastically under-consumed vitamin C and total vegetables and fruits. Overall, children with desirable vitamin C intakes had healthier diets, including more milk and vegetables, than did their peers with low vitamin C intakes. Health care professionals should continue to promote at least five daily servings of vegetables and fruits and should advise parents that at least one of these should be rich in vitamin C.

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Intakes of Vitamin C, Vegetables and Fruits: Which Schoolchildren Are at Risk?

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Taylor

Johnston

1999

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

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“…Many studies have examined perceived benefits and barriers to dietary change (Lloyd et al, 1995;Balch et al, 1997;Lappalainen et al, 1997;Sparks et al, 1997;Zunft et al, 1997;Cox et al, 1998;McDonell et al, 1998;Holgado et al, 2000;Ma et al, 2002). Perceived benefits of healthy eating and dietary change include weight control, being healthy, improved quality of life, and disease prevention .…”

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Public views of the benefits and barriers to the consumption of a plant-based diet

2006

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Objective: The aim of this study was to examine consumers' perceived benefits and barriers to the consumption of a plant-based diet. Design: Mail survey that included questions on perceived benefits and barriers to the consumption of a plant-based diet. Setting: Victoria, Australia. Subjects: Four hundred and fifteen randomly selected Victorian adults. Results: The main perceived barrier to adoption of a plant-based diet was a lack of information about plant-based diets (42% agreement). Sex, age and education differences were present in over a quarter of the barrier items. For example, non-universityeducated respondents and older people were less willing to change their current eating pattern than were university educated and younger respondents. The main benefits associated with plant-based diets were health benefits, particularly decreased saturated fat intake (79% agreement), increased fibre intake (76%), and disease prevention (70%). Age, sex and education differences with regard to benefits were apparent, although sex differences were more important than age or education differences. Conclusions: The majority of respondents perceived there to be health benefits associated with the consumption of a plantbased diet. Compared with the proportion of respondents who agreed that there were particular benefits of eating a plant-based diet, perceived barriers were relatively low. An understanding of the perceived benefits and barriers of consuming a plant-based diet will help formulate strategies that aim to influence beliefs about plant foods, plant food consumption, and, ultimately, public health.

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“…For example, Balch, Loughrey, Weinberg, Lurie, and Eisner (1997) used focus group research to support message development for the national "5 A Day for Better Health" program. Qualitative research is particularly useful in studies such as this one in which the research is exploratory in nature because the findings help provide insight and direction into the topics of interest and provide an understanding of the "why" behind the target audience's attitudes and behavior (Greenbaum, 2000).…”

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Improving Foodborne Illness Prevention Among Transplant Recipients

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Cates

Adams-King

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Health Promotion Practice

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture developed a food safety brochure to educate transplant recipients and their caregivers about the risk of contracting foodborne illnesses and safe food-handling prevention practices. Qualitative research was conducted with transplant recipients and caregivers to collect information on participants' food safety concerns, knowledge, and practices; changes in food safety knowledge and practices after receiving the food safety brochure; preferred communication channels and dissemination strategies for delivering the brochure; and evaluation of the brochure. Many participants received food safety information from a health care provider, but the content and format varied by institution. Most participants are not following recommended practices to cook and chill food safely, and many participants consume high-risk foods associated with foodborne illnesses. After reading the brochure, many participants made or plan to make at least one food safety recommendation. The research findings were used to refine the brochure before nationwide distribution.

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Probing Consumer Benefits and Barriers for the National 5 A Day Campaign: Focus Group Findings

Cited by 24 publications

References 11 publications

Intakes of Vitamin C, Vegetables and Fruits: Which Schoolchildren Are at Risk?

Intakes of Vitamin C, Vegetables and Fruits: Which Schoolchildren Are at Risk?

Public views of the benefits and barriers to the consumption of a plant-based diet

Improving Foodborne Illness Prevention Among Transplant Recipients

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