Development and implementation of the National Cancer Institute's Food Attitudes and Behaviors Survey to assess correlates of fruit and vegetable intake in adults

Low fruit and vegetable (FV) intake is a leading risk factor for chronic disease globally as well as in the United States. Much of the population does not consume the recommended servings of FV daily. This paper describes the development of psychosocial measures of FV intake for inclusion in the U.S...

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Published in:PloS one 2015-02, Vol.10 (2), p.e0115017-e0115017
Main Authors: Erinosho, Temitope O, Pinard, Courtney A, Nebeling, Linda C, Moser, Richard P, Shaikh, Abdul R, Resnicow, Ken, Oh, April Y, Yaroch, Amy L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adults
African Americans
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Attitudes
Cancer
Chronic diseases
Chronic illnesses
Consumption
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diet
Eating - psychology
Effectiveness
Factor analysis
Feeding Behavior - psychology
Female
Food
Fruit
Fruits
Fruits (Food)
Health Behavior
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health risks
Health surveillance
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Motivation
National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
Neophobia
Nutrition research
Nutrition Surveys
Polls & surveys
Public health
Quantitative psychology
Regression analysis
Research methodology
Risk factors
Self Efficacy
Social interactions
Social Support
Studies
Surveillance
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States
Vegetables
Vegetarianism
Water consumption
Young Adult
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Summary:Low fruit and vegetable (FV) intake is a leading risk factor for chronic disease globally as well as in the United States. Much of the population does not consume the recommended servings of FV daily. This paper describes the development of psychosocial measures of FV intake for inclusion in the U.S. National Cancer Institute's 2007 Food Attitudes and Behaviors Survey. This was a cross-sectional study among 3,397 adults from the United States. Scales included conventional constructs shown to be correlated with fruit and vegetable intake (FVI) in prior studies (e.g., self-efficacy, social support), and novel constructs that have been measured in few- to- no studies (e.g., views on vegetarianism, neophobia). FVI was assessed with an eight-item screener. Exploratory factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha, and regression analyses were conducted. Psychosocial scales with Cronbach's alpha ≥0.68 were self-efficacy, social support, perceived barriers and benefits of eating FVs, views on vegetarianism, autonomous and controlled motivation, and preference for FVs. Conventional scales that were associated (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0115017