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Predictors of Change in Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Faith-Based Intervention With African American Adults

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: A majority of African American adults do not eat the recommended daily amount of fruit and vegetables. This study examined baseline demographic, health-related, and psychosocial variables as predictors of change in fruit and vegetable consumption from baseline to postprogram in a sample of church members taking part in a 15-month intervention. Participants who had a greater waist circumference, greater baseline fruit and vegetable consumption, greater leisure time physical activity, higher levels of social support, greater attendance at worship service, were obese, and did not have diabetes at baseline showed higher posttest fruit and vegetable consumption.

Source: Family & Community Health

DOI: 10.1097/fch.0b013e318293159b

Authors: Margaret D. Condrasky, Meghan Baruth, Sara Wilcox, Chad Carter

Institutions: Medical University of South Carolina, University of South Carolina, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Clemson University

Language: English

Topic: Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior

Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics

Field: Nursing

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Zero hunger

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute