Who consumed 5 or more portions of fruit and vegetables per day in 1986–1987 and in 2000–2001?

Public Health Nutrition

Jane A Pryer¹  Stephen Rogers¹ 

关键词: Fruit and vegetables;    Food consumption;    Social class;    Inequalities;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980011003296

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

AbstractObjectiveThe aim of the study was to describe who ate 5 or more portions of fruit and vegetables per day (‘compliers’) in 1986–1987 and in 2000–2001. DesignWe used data from the Dietary and Nutritional Surveys of British Adults. Each is a nationally representative dietary survey using 7 d weighed food records for men and women, aged 16–64 years, living in private households in Great Britain in 1986–1987 and in 2000–2001.SettingGreat Britain.SubjectsData were analysed for 2197 adults in 1986–1987 and 1724 adults in 2000–2001.ResultsIn 1986–1987 12·7 % were classified as ‘compliers’ compared with 16·5 % in 2000–2001. Manual social classes, younger participants and people on benefits or outside paid employment were less likely to be ‘compliers’. Being divorced, widowed or separated was negatively related to being a ‘complier’, as was being in a household with dependant children or a lone parent with dependant children. Between 1986–1987 and 2000–2001 improvements were seen across social class groups and differences between men and women and between regions were reduced.ConclusionsOnly 12·7 % participants in the Dietary and Nutritional Surveys of British Adults were classified as ‘compliers’ in 1986–1987 compared with 16·5 % in 2000–2001. There have been some important changes in the distribution of ‘compliers’, but the low levels overall support the need for a reinvigorated policy drive to improve compliance with fruit and vegetable goals.

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