How much is ‘5-a-day’? A qualitative investigation into consumer understanding of fruit and vegetable intake guidelines

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 105-113

  Rooney, C ^a   McKinley, M C ^a   Appleton, K M ^b   Young, I S ^a   McGrath, A J ^a   Draffin, C R ^a   Hamill, L L ^a   Woodside, J V ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

food based dietary guidelines; fruit and vegetables; portion size; understanding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DIET; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; FOOD PACKAGING; FRUIT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PORTION SIZE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIOMARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DIET RECORDS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FRUIT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; PILOT PROJECTS; PORTION SIZE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978712626     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jhn.12393     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Health Organisation (2004) Fruit and Vegetables for Health. Available at: http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/publications/fruit_vegetables_report.pdf (accessed September 2015).
2. National Health Service (2013) 5 A DAY - Live Well - NHS Choices. Available at: http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/5ADAY/Pages/5ADAYhome.aspx (accessed September 2015).
3. Bates B, Lennox A, Prentice A, et al. (2014) National Diet and Nutrition Survey: Results from Years 1-4 (combined) of the Rolling Programme (2008/2009-2011/12). Executive summary. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/310997/NDNS_Y1_to_4_UK_report_Executive_summary.pdf (accessed September 2015).
4. Shaikh AR, Yaroch AL, Nebeling L, et al. (2008) Psychosocial predictors of fruit and vegetable consumption in adults a review of the literature. Am J Prev Med 34, 535–543.
5. Spronk I, Kullen C, Burdon C, et al. (2014) Relationship between nutrition knowledge and dietary intake. Br J Nutr 111, 1713–1726.
6. Erinosho TO, Moser RP, Oh AY, et al. (2012) Awareness of the Fruits and Veggies-More Matters campaign, knowledge of the fruit and vegetable recommendation, and fruit and vegetable intake of adults in the 2007 Food Attitudes and Behaviors (FAB) Survey. Appetite 59, 155–160.
7. Wolf RL, Lepore SJ, Vandergrift JL, et al. (2008) Knowledge, barriers, and stage of change as correlates of fruit and vegetable consumption among urban and mostly immigrant black men. J Am Diet Assoc 108, 1315–1322.
8. Pollard CM, Daly AM & Binns CW (2009) Consumer perceptions of fruit and vegetables serving sizes. Public Health Nutr 12, 637–643.
9. Appleton KM, McGill R, Neville C, et al. (2010) Barriers to increasing fruit and vegetable intakes in the older population of Northern Ireland: low levels of liking and low awareness of current recommendations. Public Health Nutr 13, 514–521.
10. Miles S & Scaife V (2003) Optimistic bias and food. Nutr Res Rev 16, 3–19.
11. Young LR & Nestle M (1998) Variation in perceptions of a ‘medium’ food portion: implications for dietary guidance. J Am Diet Assoc 98, 458–459.
12. Britten P, Haven J & Davis C (2006) Consumer research for development of educational messages for the MyPyramid Food Guidance System. J Nutr Educ Behav 38, S108–S123.
13. Shah M, Adams-Huet B, Elston E, et al. (2010) Food serving size knowledge in African American women and the relationship with body mass index. J Nutr Educ Behav 42, 99–105.
14. Thompson FE, Willis GB, Thompson OM, et al. (2011) The meaning of ‘fruits’ and ‘vegetables’. Public Health Nutr 14, 1222–1228.
15. Glasson C, Chapman K & James E (2011) Fruit and vegetables should be targeted separately in health promotion programmes: differences in consumption levels, barriers, knowledge and stages of readiness for change. Public Health Nutr 14, 694–701.
16. Carter OBJ, Pollard CM, Atkins JFP, et al. (2011) ‘We're not told why – we're just told’: qualitative reflections about the Western Australian Go for 2&5® fruit and vegetable campaign. Public Health Nutr 14, 982–988.
17. Kothe EJ & Mullan BA (2011) Perceptions of fruit and vegetable dietary guidelines among Australian young adults. Nutr Diet 68, 262–266.
18. Ashfield-Watt PA (2006) Fruit and vegetables, 5+ a day: are we getting the message across? Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 15, 245–252.
19. Herbert G, Butler L, Kennedy O, et al. (2010) Young UK adults and the 5 a day campaign: perceived benefits and barriers of eating more fruits and vegetables. Int J Consum Stud 34, 657–664.
20. Buyuktuncer Z, Kearney M, Ryan CL, et al. (2014) Fruit and vegetables on prescription: a brief intervention in primary care. J Hum Nutr Diet 27, 186–193.
21. McGrath AJ, Hamill LL, Cardwell CR, et al. (2015) Combining vitamin C and carotenoid biomarkers better predicts fruit and vegetable intake than individual biomarkers in dietary intervention studies. Eur J Nutr http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-015-0953-7.
22. Braun V & Clarke V (2006) Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qual Res Psychol 3, 77–101.
23. O'Brien MM, Kiely M, Galvin M, et al. (2003) The importance of composite foods for estimates of vegetable and fruit intakes. Public Health Nutr 6, 711–726.
24. Henderson L, Irving K & Gregory J et al. (2004) The National Diet & Nutrition Survey: adults aged 19 to 64 years. Volume 1: Types and quantities of food consumed. Available at: http://tna.europarchive.org/20110116113217/http:/www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/ndnsfour.pdf (accessed September 2015).
25. Agudo A (2005) Measuring intake of fruit and vegetables. Available at: http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/publications/f&v_intake_measurement.pdf (accessed September 2015).
26. Booth AO, Lowis C, Dean M, et al. (2013) Diet and physical activity in the self-management of type 2 diabetes: barriers and facilitators identified by patients and health professionals. Prim Health Care Res Dev 14, 293–306.