Social support is a primary influence on home fruit, 100% juice, and vegetable availability.

Full Abstract

Children tend to eat more fruit and vegetables when more are available in the home. We proposed and tested a model that predicts the availability at home (hereinafter termed "home availability") of fruit, 100% juice, and vegetables, using new measures of frequency of food shopping, purchase, and comparative purchase outcome expectancies (ie, the perceived benefits and costs of purchasing fruit and vegetables), home food pantry management practices, family social support for purchasing fruit and vegetables, food shopping practices, and body mass index (BMI). Participants (N=98) were recruited in 2004 in front of grocery stores and completed two telephone interviews. Cross-sectional hierarchical regression was employed with backward deletion of nonsignificant variables. Despite many statistically significant bivariate correlations between the new variables and home fruit, 100% juice, and vegetable availability, social support was the primary predictor of home fruit availability in multivariate regression. BMI and home 100% juice pantry management were the primary predictors of home 100% juice availability. Social support, BMI, and shopping practices were the primary predictors of home vegetable availability. Social support for purchasing fruit, 100% juice, and vegetables was an important, consistent predictor of home availability. These findings need to be replicated in larger samples.

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Author information

Author/s: Baranowski, Tom (T); Watson, Kathy (K); Missaghian, Mariam (M); Broadfoot, Alison (A); Cullen, Karen (K); Nicklas, Theresa (T); Fisher, Jennifer (J); Baranowski, Janice (J); O'Donnell, Sharon (S);

Affiliation: US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030-2600, USA. tbaranow(-atsign-)bcm.tmc.edu <tbaranow(-atsign-)bcm.tmc.edu>

Grants: CA 92045 (Agency:United States NCI)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Journal: Journal of the American Dietetic Association (J Am Diet Assoc), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Jul; vol 108 (issue 7) : pp 1231-5

Dates: Created 2008/06/30; Completed 2008/07/17;

PMID: 18589035, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adult
Beverages
Body Mass Index
Child
Commerce - statistics & numerical data
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diet Surveys
Female
Food Supply - statistics & numerical data
Fruit
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Male
Nutrition Physiology
Nutritional Sciences - education
Parents - psychology
Social Desirability
Social Support
Statistics, Nonparametric
United States
Vegetables

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