Title: Perceived barriers towards healthy eating and their association with fruit and vegetable consumption | Journal of Public Health | Oxford Academic
Headings: Perceived barriers towards healthy eating and their association with fruit and vegetable consumption
Perceived barriers towards healthy eating and their association with fruit and vegetable consumption
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Content: All respondents complete the main survey ( n = 36 922) and a subsample complete the knowledge, attitudes and motivations (KAM) module ( n = 8404). The KAM module is completed by adults over 16 years of age and includes questions on PBHE. Participants are asked to select a maximum of 3 from a list of 13 PBHE that they think applied to them or choose ‘none’ as their response. In this study, to reduce multicollinearity amongst variables, the perceived barriers were reduced to nine binary variables by grouping those which were considered similar in nature, as shown in Table 1. Excluding observations with missing data, the final sample size was 8319. Table 1
Perceived barriers to healthy eating in the knowledge, attitudes and motivations module
Grouping for analysis
. Perceived barriers
. Support from others
Family discouraging or unsupportive
Support from others
Friends discouraging or unsupportive
Support from others
People at work discouraging or unsupportive
Knowledge
Not knowing what changes to make
Cooking skills
Not knowing how to cook more healthy foods
Availability
Lack of choice of healthy foods in canteens and restaurants
Availability
Lack of choice of healthy foods in places where you do your main shop
Too Expensive
Healthy foods are too expensive
Preparation Time
Healthy foods take too long to prepare
Hedonics
Healthy foods too boring
Hedonics
Don't like the taste/don't enjoy healthy foods
Willpower
Lack of willpower
Other Barriers
Other (e.g. shift work and lack of time)
None
None of these—nothing prevents me from eating more healthily
Grouping for analysis . Perceived barriers . Support from others
Family discouraging or unsupportive
Support from others
Friends discouraging or unsupportive
Support from others
People at work discouraging or unsupportive
Knowledge
Not knowing what changes to make
Cooking skills
Not knowing how to cook more healthy foods
Availability
Lack of choice of healthy foods in canteens and restaurants
Availability
Lack of choice of healthy foods in places where you do your main shop
Too Expensive
Healthy foods are too expensive
Preparation Time
Healthy foods take too long to prepare
Hedonics
Healthy foods too boring
Hedonics
Don't like the taste/don't enjoy healthy foods
Willpow