Parent outcome expectancies for purchasing fruit and vegetables: a validation

2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Baranowski ◽  
Kathy Watson ◽  
Mariam Missaghian ◽  
Alison Broadfoot ◽  
Janice Baranowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Desirability ◽  
Outcome Expectancies ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Outcome Expectancy ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Parameter Estimates ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Fresh Vegetables ◽  
Survey Instruments

AbstractObjectiveTo validate four scales – outcome expectancies for purchasing fruit and for purchasing vegetables, and comparative outcome expectancies for purchasing fresh fruit and for purchasing fresh vegetables versus other forms of fruit and vegetables (F&V).DesignSurvey instruments were administered twice, separated by 6 weeks.SettingRecruited in front of supermarkets and grocery stores; interviews conducted by telephone.SubjectsOne hundred and sixty-one food shoppers with children (18 years or younger).ResultsSingle dimension scales were specified for fruit and for vegetable purchasing outcome expectancies, and for comparative (fresh vs. other) fruit and vegetable purchasing outcome expectancies. Item Response Theory parameter estimates revealed easily interpreted patterns in the sequence of items by difficulty of response. Fruit and vegetable purchasing and fresh fruit comparative purchasing outcome expectancy scales were significantly correlated with home F&V availability, after controlling for social desirability of response. Comparative fresh vegetable outcome expectancy scale was significantly bivariately correlated with home vegetable availability, but not after controlling for social desirability.ConclusionThese scales are available to help better understand family F&V purchasing decisions.

scholarly journals Using rewards-based incentives to increase purchase of fruit and vegetables in lower-income households: design and start-up of a randomized trial

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 936-941 ◽  
Author(s):  
Etienne J Phipps ◽  
Samantha L Wallace ◽  
Shana D Stites ◽  
Nadine Uplinger ◽  
S Brook Singletary ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Trial ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Baseline Period ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Lower Income ◽  
Minority Community ◽  
Fresh Vegetables ◽  
Predominantly Minority ◽  
The Impact

AbstractObjectiveTo report the design and baseline results of a rewards-based incentive to promote purchase of fruit and vegetables by lower-income households.DesignA four-phase randomized trial with wait-listed controls. In a pilot study, despite inadequate study coupon use, purchases of fresh fruit (but not vegetables) increased, but with little maintenance. In the present study, credits on the study store gift card replace paper coupons and a tapering phase is added. The primary outcome is the number of servings of fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables purchased per week.SettingA large full-service supermarket located in a predominantly minority community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.SubjectsFifty-eight households, with at least one child living in the home.ResultsDuring the baseline period, households purchased an average of 3·7 servings of fresh vegetables and an average of less than 1 serving of frozen vegetables per week. Households purchased an average of 1·9 servings of fresh fruit per week, with little to no frozen fruit purchases. Overall, the range of fresh and frozen produce purchased during this pre-intervention period was limited.ConclusionsAt baseline, produce purchases were small and of limited variety. The study will contribute to understanding the impact of financial incentives on increasing the purchases of healthier foods by lower-income populations.

scholarly journals Disparities in the availability of fruits and vegetables between racially segregated urban neighbourhoods

2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1481-1489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Morland ◽  
Susan Filomena
Keyword(s):  
Predominantly White ◽  
Census Tract ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Fresh Produce ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Predominantly Black ◽  
Food Stores ◽  
Urban Neighbourhoods ◽  
Fresh Vegetables

AbstractObjectivePublic health professionals continue to see the benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption on population health. While studies that evaluate the availability of produce are sparse in the medical literature, disparities in availability may explain the disproportional intake of produce for some people. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the availability and variety of produce located in two racially and economically diverse urban neighbourhoods.DesignA cross-sectional study was conducted in which 50% of the supermarkets, small grocery stores, delicatessens, and fruit and vegetable markets located in specific neighbourhoods were randomly sampled and surveyed between September 2004 and July 2005. Food stores were evaluated for the availability of 20 types of fresh fruits and 19 types of fresh vegetables, as well as their varieties and whether they were canned, frozen or previously prepared. 2000 US Census information was used to determine characteristics of the geo-coded census tracts where the food stores were located.SettingBrooklyn, New York.ResultsA supermarket was located in approximately every third census tract in predominantly white areas (prevalence = 0.33) and every fourth census tract in racially mixed areas (prevalence = 0.27). There were no supermarkets located in the predominantly black areas. With the exception of bananas, potatoes, okra and yucca, a lower proportion of predominantly black area stores carried fresh produce, while supermarkets carried the largest variety of produce types. Canned and frozen fruits and vegetables were found in the majority of stores, whereas prepared and organic produce was limited to predominantly white area stores.ConclusionsThese data demonstrate that the availability and variety of fresh produce is associated with neighbourhood racial composition and may be a factor contributing to differences in intake among residents.

scholarly journals Purchase policies to fresh fruit and vegetables in supermarkets in Campo Grande, Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario de O Lima-Filho ◽  
Leidy Diana de S de Oliveira ◽  
Eluiza AM Watanabe ◽  
Marcia Mitiê D Maemura
Keyword(s):  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Internal Circulation ◽  
Comparative Cost ◽  
Fresh Vegetables

This study aims to analyze purchase policies to fruits and vegetables in supermarkets in Campo Grande, Brazilian Midwest. Thirteen interviews were conducted with representatives from supermarkets, small, medium and large, responsible for purchasing fresh vegetables. By analyzing the responses obtained through interviews, we can observe that producers make almost the entire supply of fruits and vegetables in large supermarkets from other states, and the small and medium establishments usually buy more with the local producer. For retailers, the fruits and vegetables represent an important factor to create internal circulation of customers in stores and a factor of attraction of clients too, in addition, this products offer high profitability. For the supermarket, the fruits and vegetables locally produced are fresher and have lower comparative cost. However, supply regularity, the volume and variety offered by local producers are considered unsatisfactory.

scholarly journals Successful selling of packed fresh fruit and vegetable

2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 215-224
Author(s):  
Radmila Presová ◽  
Oldřich Tvrdoň ◽  
Lucie Hrdá
Keyword(s):  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Consumer Demand ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Consumer Confidence ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Specific Data ◽  
Quality Health

The paper deals with the marketability of packaged fruit and vegetables, as a new trend of satisfying consumer needs, in connection with selling-culture of stall selling and self-stores sales. It emphasize fact that food have to be wrapped into the quality, health packages, under the conditions of the Act. 477/2001 Coll.Specific data for the analytical part of this paper was provided by Hortim International Ltd. This company has operate on the Czech market since 1995. Analysis of the economic results confirmes the legitimacy of the sale of packaged fresh fruits and vegetables, but there will be neccesary longer lasting promotion. This fact also confirmed the research of consumer demand, that was made by authors. Determinant for the success sales are these factors: consumer confidence that the packaged products of fruit and vegetables are high quality.

scholarly journals Investigating fruit and vegetable claims on Australian food packages

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 2729-2735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyndal Wellard ◽  
Clare Hughes ◽  
Yee Wun Tsang ◽  
Wendy Watson ◽  
Kathy Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Saturated Fat ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable Intake ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Nutrient Profiling ◽  
Food Packages ◽  
Food Standards ◽  
Composition Of Products

AbstractObjectivesFruit and vegetable claims on food packages are not regulated under Australian food standards. The present study aimed to: (i) investigate the number and healthiness of products carrying fruit and vegetable claims in Australia; and (ii) compare the nutrition composition of these products with fresh fruit and/or vegetables.DesignContent analysis of fruit and vegetable claims on food packages. The Australian food standards nutrient profiling model was used to determine the proportion of products not meeting nutrient profiling criteria. The nutrient composition of products carrying claims referencing the servings of fruit and vegetables in the product were compared with that of the dominant fruit and/or vegetables in each product.SettingThe five largest supermarket chains in Australia.SubjectsAll available products in the fruit snacks, soups and fruit and vegetable juices/fruit drinks categories (n 762) were surveyed. Nutrition composition, ingredients and claims were recorded for each product.ResultsOf the products surveyed, 48 % (n 366) carried at least one claim, of which 34 % (n 124) did not meet nutrient profiling. Products carrying claims referencing the number of servings of fruit and vegetables had more energy, sodium, saturated fat and sugar, and less fibre, than fresh fruit and/or vegetables (all P<0·001).ConclusionsMany products carried fruit and vegetable claims and were significantly higher in energy, saturated fat, sugars and sodium than fresh fruit and vegetables. Marketing these products as a way of meeting fruit and vegetable intake is inaccurate and potentially misleading. Fruit and vegetable claims should be regulated using nutrient profiling.

scholarly journals Polysaccharides as Edible Films and Coatings: Characteristics and Influence on Fruit and Vegetable Quality—A Review

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 813
Author(s):  
Anna Kocira ◽  
Katarzyna Kozłowicz ◽  
Katarzyna Panasiewicz ◽  
Mariola Staniak ◽  
Ewa Szpunar-Krok ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Agents ◽  
Edible Films ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Polymer Materials ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Natural Polymers ◽  
Waste Products ◽  
Vapour Permeability

There has been a significant increase in the development of edible films and coatings in recent times, and this is expected to have a significant impact on the quality of fruit and vegetables in the coming years. Consumers expect fresh fruit and vegetables free from pesticide residues, with high quality, nutritional value and an extended shelf life. The application of coatings and edible films to fruits and vegetables represents an environmentally friendly approach to an innovative solution to this problem. Coatings and edible films can act as ecological and biodegradable packaging. The coating strategy involves a combination of natural biopolymers and appropriate preservation methods. The article presents the applicability, trends and perspectives of polysaccharide coatings and edible films and their impact on the quality of fruit and vegetables, providing an understanding of their main functions and benefits. Numerous studies show that natural polysaccharides are well suited for use as packaging material for fresh fruit and vegetables and can often be an important alternative to synthetic compounds. Natural polymer materials are a good barrier to oxygen and carbon dioxide; however, they are characterised by excessive solubility in the water environment, water vapour permeability and low extensibility. The properties of edible coatings can be modified by the addition of plasticisers, surfactants, cross-linkers, antimicrobial agents, functional additives, nanosilver particles or fruit and vegetable residues. The use of an electric field is also a promising technology here. The use of polysaccharides for the preparation of edible films and coatings is justified not only by the possibility of reducing the consumption of packaging made of synthetic polymer materials but also by the fact that the production of some natural polymers can be made using waste products generated during the processing of food raw materials.

scholarly journals Trends of fruit and vegetable availability in neighbourhoods in Albany, NY, USA, 2003–2012

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 562-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akiko S Hosler ◽  
Jamie R Kammer
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Convenience Store ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Fruit Availability ◽  
Fresh Vegetable ◽  
Fresh Vegetables

AbstractObjectiveTo investigate a 9-year trend of fresh fruit and vegetable availability and factors associated with the net availability change in two contrasting neighbourhoods.DesignLongitudinal design. Data were collected in 2003, 2009 and 2012 through in-store observations. Fresh fruit and vegetable availability was presented by weight-adjusted counts of stores having designated varieties per 10 000 population.SettingA low-income minority neighbourhood and an adjacent middle-income racially mixed neighbourhood in Albany, NY, USA. These neighbourhoods became sites of fresh produce interventions after baseline data were collected.SubjectsA total of 111, 128 and 146 eligible food stores in respective years.ResultsFresh fruit availability (two or more varieties) increased in both neighbourhoods. Inventory expansion of existing stores and the convenience store intervention contributed to the significant increase (P for trend=0·04) of fresh fruit availability in the minority neighbourhood. Although not statistically significant (P>0·05), the availability of two or more dark-coloured fresh vegetables also increased in the mixed neighbourhood, but declined slightly in the minority neighbourhood. The secular (non-intervention) fresh vegetable availability rate ratio by neighbourhood reached 3·0 in 2012 (P<0·01). The net decline of fresh vegetable availability in the minority neighbourhood was primarily attributed to inventory reduction of existing stores.ConclusionsLongitudinal observations revealed narrowed neighbourhood disparities of fresh fruit availability and widened gaps of fresh vegetable availability. Inventory shifts of existing stores impacted the net availability change more profoundly than store opening or closing in the minority neighbourhood. Findings support increasing the programme capacity of the convenience store intervention to address the fresh vegetable disparity.

scholarly journals Incentivizing fruit and vegetable purchases among participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Andreyeva ◽  
Joerg Luedicke
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Infants And Children ◽  
Substitution Effects ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Supplemental Nutrition ◽  
Nutrition Program ◽  
Fresh Vegetables ◽  
Supplemental Nutrition Program

AbstractObjectiveIn 2009, the US Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) began to provide participants with cash-value vouchers to purchase fruits and vegetables ($US 10 for women and $US 6 for children per month). The present paper assesses the potential effects of the new WIC incentives on fruit and vegetable purchases among WIC households in two New England states.DesignA pre–post assessment of changes in fruit and vegetable purchases after the WIC revisions in generalized estimating equation models.SettingScanner data on grocery purchases from a regional supermarket chain in New England, USA.SubjectsWIC-participating households (n 2137) that regularly shopped at the chain during January–September 2009 and January–September 2010.ResultsAfter the WIC revisions, purchases of fresh and frozen vegetables increased in volume by 17·5 % and 27·8 %, respectively. The biggest improvements were observed for fresh fruit, an increase of 28·6 %, adding almost a kilogram of fresh fruits per household per month. WIC households spent three times more of their WIC vouchers on purchasing fresh fruits than fresh vegetables. The magnitudes of substitution effects were relatively small: between 4 % (fresh fruit) and 13 % (canned vegetables) of the amounts purchased in 2009 with non-WIC funds were replaced by purchases made using WIC vouchers in 2010.ConclusionsThe provision of fruit and vegetable benefits in the revised WIC food packages increased overall purchases of fruits and vegetables among WIC-participating households in New England. Efforts to encourage consumption of fruits and vegetables by people receiving federal food assistance are paying off.

scholarly journals Changes in carotenoid intake from fruit and vegetables in the Spanish population over the period 1964–2004

2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1018-1023 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Granado ◽  
S Blázquez ◽  
B Olmedilla
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Spanish Population ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Total Consumption ◽  
Chromatography Analysis ◽  
Consumption Data

AbstractObjectiveTo assess changes in carotenoid intake based on the variations in the consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables in the Spanish population over the period 1964–2004.DesignConsumption data of fresh fruit and vegetables from Family Budget Surveys carried out in 1964, 1980, 1990 and 2004. Consumption data (g per person per day) accounted for >90% of fruit and vegetable consumption at each time point. Quality controlled high-performance liquid chromatography analysis of the carotenoid composition of Spanish fruit and vegetable was used.SubjectsRandomly selected, private households throughout Spain (20 800 households in 1964, 30 311 households in 1980, 21 155 households in 1990 and 6000 households in 2004). Twelve vegetables and 16 fruits representing 89–96% of the total consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables were used.ResultsIndividual consumption of fruit and vegetables has changed over this period, altering the total and individual intake of carotenoids. Total carotenoid intake increased from 2.5 mg per person per day in 1964 to 4.1 mg per person per day in 1990, with a decrease to 3.3 mg per person per day in 2004. These increments are due to an increase in lycopene, α- and β-carotene, while a decrease in lutein and zeaxanthin is observed during the last decade. A continuous and consistent decrease in the relative contribution of lutein in the diet is observed over the period studied.ConclusionAlthough the consumption of fruit and vegetables is still consistent with a Mediterranean-type pattern, modifications in the consumption of individual fruits and vegetables have provoked changes in total and specific carotenoid intake with potential relevance in human health.

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