The Health Education Authority's health and lifestyle survey 1993: Who are the low fruit and vegetable consumers?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 294-299

  Thompson, R L ^a,c   Margetts, B M ^a   Speller, V M ^a   McVey, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0032951069     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.53.5.294     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Block G, Patterson B, Subar A. Fruit, vegetables, and cancer prevention: a review of the epidemiological evidence. Nutr Cancer 1992;18:1-29.
2. National Heart Forum. Preventing coronary heart disease. The role of antioxidants, vegetables and fruit. London: The Stationery Office, 1997:11-45.
3. Committee on Diet and Health, Food and Nutrition Board, National Research Council (US). Diet and health: implications for reducing chronic disease risk. Washington DC: National Academy Press, 1989.
4. Department of Health. Nutritional aspects of cardiovascular disease. Report of the Cardiovascular Review Group, Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy. Report on Health and Social Subjects 46. London: HMSO, 1994.
5. Department of Health. Nutritional aspects of the development of cancer. Report of the Working Group on Diet and Cancer of the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy. Report on Health and Social Subjects 48. London: HMSO, 1998.
6. World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research. Food, nutrition and the prevention of cancer: a global perspective. Washington DC: American Institute for Cancer Research, 1997.
7. Heimendinger J, Van Duyn MAS. Dietary behavior change: the challenge of recasting the role of fruit and vegetables in the American diet. Am J Clin Nutr 1995;61 (suppl):1397-401S.
8. Department of Health. Low income, food, nutrition and health: strategies for improvement. A report by the Low Income Project team for the Nutrition Task Force. London: Department of Health, 1996.
9. Gregory J, Foster K, Tyler H, et al. The dietary and nutritional survey of British adults. London: HMSO, 1990.
10. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Household food consumption and expenditure. London: HMSO, 1994.
11. Department of Health. Colhoun H, Prescott-Clarke, eds. Health survey for England 1994: Volume I. Series HS no4. London: HMSO, 1996.
12. Thompson RL, Margetts BM, Wood DA, et al. Cigarette smoking and food and nutrient intakes in relation to coronary heart disease. Nutrition Research Reviews 1992;5:131-52.
13. Krebs-Smith SM, Heimendinger J, Patterson BH, et al. Psychosocial factors associated with fruit and vegetable consumption. American Journal of Health Promotion 1995; 10:98-104.
14. Margetts BM, Speller V, Thompson RL, et al. The HEA Health and Lifestyle Survey. A report on the secondary analysis of a national dataset of health-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviour. London: HEA, 1998.
15. Kish L. Survey sampling. New York: Wiley, 1965.
16. Roe L Strong C, Whiteside C, et al. Dietary intervention in primary care: validity of the DINE method for dietary assessment. Fam Pract 1994;11:375-81.
17. Office of Population censuses and Surveys. The 1991 Census. London: HMSO, 1993.
18. Bingham SA, Gill C, Welch A, et al. Comparison of dietary assessment methods in nutritional epidemiology: weighed records v. 24 h recalls, food-frequency questionnaires and estimated-diet records. Br J Nutr 1994;72:619-43.
19. Smith AM, Smith C. Dietary intake and lifestyle patterns: correlates with socio-economic, demographic and environmental factors. J Hum Nutr Dietet 1994;7:283-94.
20. Millen BE, Quatromoni PA, Cagnon DR, et al. Dietary patterns of men and women suggest targets for health promotion: the Framingham Nutrition Survey. Am J Health Promot 1996;11:42-53.
21. Laforge RG, Greene GW, Prochaska JO. Psychosocial factors influencing low fruit and vegetable consumption. J Behav Med 1994;17:361-74.
22. Brug J, Debie S, van Assema P, et al. Psychosocial determinants of fruit and vegetable consumption among adults: results of focus group interviews. Food Quality and Preference 1995;6:99-107.
23. Treiman K, Freimuth V, Damron D, et al. Attitudes and behaviors related to fruits and vegetables among low-income women in the WTC Program. Journal of Nutrition Education 1996;28:149-56.
24. de Castro JM. Family and friends produce greater social facilitation of food intake than other companions. Physiol Behav 1994;56:445-55.
25. Ni Mhurchu C, Margetts BM, Speller V. Applying the Stages-of-change model to dietary change. Nutr Rev 1997; 55:10-16.