Fruit and vegetable consumption across population segments: evidence from a national household survey

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Research

Ferda Nur Özdemir¹  Wojciech J. Florkowski²  Nihat Küçük³  Abdulbaki Bilgic⁴  Adiqa K. Kiani⁵  Faruk Urak⁶ 

[1] Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Atatürk University, Dean’s Building, 2nd Floor, Room #17, Erzurum, Turkey;Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, The University of Georgia, 1109 Experiment Street, 30223, Griffin, GA, USA;Department of Economics, College of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Harran University, Osmanbey Campus, 2nd Floor, Sanliurfa, Turkey;Department of Management Information Systems, College of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, A Block 3rd Floor, Room #323, Bilecik, Turkey;Future Technology Research Centre, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliu, Taiwan;TRT Erzurum Regional Directorate, The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), Adnan Menderes Mahallesi, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Cd., Room # 5, Erzurum, Turkey;

关键词: Fruits and vegetable intake;    Individual characteristics;    Households;    Obese;    Income;    Walking;    Intra-familial heterogeneity;    Multilevel data;    Random-effects bivariate probit;    Turkey;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s41043-023-00382-6

 received in 2023-03-22, accepted in 2023-04-20,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe 2002 World Health Report documented that low fruit and vegetable intake are among the top ten risk factors contributing to attributable mortality and up to three million lives could be saved each year by adequate consumption of F&V across the globe, leading an examination of behavioral preferences of the individual and family social, environmental, and behavioral factors that constitute perceived barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption.ObjectiveThe study examines factors affecting the choice of eating fruits and vegetables by household members and calculates eating frequency probabilities of different population-origin associated with personal attributes and behavior.MethodTurkish Health Survey (THS) 2019 data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TSI) national representative household panel is applied. Estimating a random-effect bivariate probit model of fruit and vegetable choice, we calculated marginal probabilities of choosing fruits and vegetables, the joint probability of choosing both, and conditional probabilities between choosing to eat either, detecting consumption synergy.ResultsThe role of uncontrolled variables in choosing to eat fruits and vegetable (F&V) differs between the decision of an average family and the decision of individual family members. The attitude is positive for an average family and contrasts with the negative attitude among some family members. Most individual and family attributes inversely affect fruit and vegetable choice across different groups, while a positive relationship exists between the likelihood of fruit and vegetable choice and attributes such as age, marital status, education, weight, having health insurance, income, and time and forms of physical activity.Conclusion and recommendationInstead of a general policy for the implementation of a healthy and balanced nutrition program to improve fruit and vegetable eating frequency, it appears more effective to adopt programs with distinct characteristics that segregate society into different cohorts. We suggest appropriate policies and offer suitable approaches to reach targeted groups.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s) 2023

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