[Motivation and barriers in the consumption of five daily servings of fruit and vegetables by mothers of school age children and primary school teachers].

Motivaciones y barreras para consumir 5 porciones de frutas y verduras al día en madres de escolares y profesores de enseñanza básica.

Publisher: Sociedad Latinoamericana De Nutricion Country of Publication: Venezuela NLM ID: 0067507 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0004-0622 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00040622 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Arch Latinoam Nutr Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: Caracas : Sociedad Latinoamericana De Nutricion

Diet Surveys* ; Feeding Behavior*/psychology ; Fruit* ; Vegetables*; Faculty/*statistics & numerical data ; Mothers/*statistics & numerical data; Attitude to Health ; Chile ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Motivation ; Nutritional Status ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Surveys and Questionnaires

As a baseline for the promotion of health and the design of educational interventions, the benefits, barriers and stages of change related to the consumption of five daily servings of fruit and vegetables were studied in 463 mothers of school age children from different socioeconomic levels (SEL) and 412 primary school teachers in 3 cities in Chile. These groups were selected because of their influence over children's eating habits. For the evaluation of stages changes, a questionnaire designed by the American Institute for Cancer Research was adapted and applied. The questionnaire was answered voluntarily by the participants. 58% of the mothers and 60% of the teachers ate 1-2 servings of fruit and vegetables daily; 29.4 and 32.3% ate 3-4 servings and only 10 and 4% respectively ate 5 servings. Benefits reported from fruit and vegetable consumption in both groups were pleasure, wellness, a sense of well being and weight management. Barriers mentioned were forgetfulness, time constraints, nonsatisfaction of appetite and lack of motivation. The price of fruit and vegetables was considered high by 15.1% of mothers of medium high SEL and by 26.4% of medium low SEL (p < 0.002). Among teachers, 25.4% of men and 11.7% of women also considered price as a barrier (p < 0.002). Such results show that both mothers and teachers need specific interventions to improve their own motivation for eating more fruit and vegetables and to thus support this healthy eating habit in children.

Date Created: 20090902 Date Completed: 20100818 Latest Revision: 20161125

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