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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Abstract
Background
Methods
Results
Conclusions
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Introduction
Methods
Data
Statistical analysis
Results
Descriptive analysis
Regression analysis
Discussion
Main finding of this study
What is already known on this topic
What this study adds
Limitations of this study
Conclusions
Supplementary data
Funding
Acknowledgements
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Supplementary data

Content: Results
Regression models show women who reported a lack of cooking skills were 10.4% less likely to meet the F&V recommendations ( P = 0.001). Not liking the taste of healthy foods or finding them too boring (10.2%, P = 0.022), preparation time (5.6%, P = 0.020) or willpower (3.0%, P = 0.021) were also significant. For men, reporting not liking the taste of healthy foods or finding them too boring (6.8%, P = 0.02) was the only significant result. Price, a commonly reported PBHE, was not significantly associated with F&V consumption. Conclusions
Not all commonly reported perceived barriers to healthy eating are significantly associated with meeting the recommended F&V intake. fruit and vegetables, healthy diet, hedonics, perceived barriers, willpower
Topic: diet
food
fruit
health surveys
taste perception
vegetables
volition
public health medicine
probit trial
self control
healthy diet
health-related beliefs
prevention
self-report
Issue Section: Original Article
Introduction
Improving population diet is a key public health target. Poor dietary intakes have been associated with higher risk of non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and type 2 diabetes, which have large health and economic consequences. 1 James et al.