Determinants of fruit and vegetable consumption among children and adolescents: a review of the literature. Part II: qualitative studies

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Review

Johannes Brug¹  Knut-Inge Klepp²  Marianne Wind³  Mette Rasmussen⁴  Pernille Due⁴  Rikke Krølner⁴ 

[1] Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway;GGD Gelre-IJssel (Community Health Service), Apeldoorn, The Netherlands;National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark;

关键词: fruit;    vegetables;    child;    adolescent;    qualitative;    review;    school;    family;    availability;    eating behaviour;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1479-5868-8-112

 received in 2011-06-06, accepted in 2011-10-14,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundLarge proportions of children do not fulfil the World Health Organization recommendation of eating at least 400 grams of fruit and vegetables (FV) per day. To promote an increased FV intake among children it is important to identify factors which influence their consumption. Both qualitative and quantitative studies are needed. Earlier reviews have analysed evidence from quantitative studies. The aim of this paper is to present a systematic review of qualitative studies of determinants of children's FV intake.MethodsRelevant studies were identified by searching Anthropology Plus, Cinahl, CSA illumine, Embase, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Medline, PsycINFO, and Web of Science using combinations of synonyms for FV intake, children/adolescents and qualitative methods as search terms. The literature search was completed by December 1st 2010. Papers were included if they applied qualitative methods to investigate 6-18-year-olds' perceptions of factors influencing their FV consumption. Quantitative studies, review studies, studies reported in other languages than English, and non-peer reviewed or unpublished manuscripts were excluded. The papers were reviewed systematically using standardised templates for summary of papers, quality assessment, and synthesis of findings across papers.ResultsThe review included 31 studies, mostly based on US populations and focus group discussions. The synthesis identified the following potential determinants for FV intake which supplement the quantitative knowledge base: Time costs; lack of taste guarantee; satiety value; appropriate time/occasions/settings for eating FV; sensory and physical aspects; variety, visibility, methods of preparation; access to unhealthy food; the symbolic value of food for image, gender identity and social interaction with peers; short term outcome expectancies.ConclusionsThe review highlights numerous potential determinants which have not been investigated thoroughly in quantitative studies. Future large scale quantitative studies should attempt to quantify the importance of these factors. Further, mechanisms behind gender, age and socioeconomic differences in FV consumption are proposed which should be tested quantitatively in order to better tailor interventions to vulnerable groups. Finally, the review provides input to the conceptualisation and measurements of concepts (i.e. peer influence, availability in schools) which may refine survey instruments and theoretical frameworks concerning eating behaviours.

【 授权许可】

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