Effect of Fresh Fruit Availability at Worksites on the Fruit and Vegetable Consumption of Low-Wage Employees

Backman, Desiree; Gonzaga, Gian C.; Sugerman, Sharon; Francis, Dona; Cook, Sara

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2011.04.003

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“…Besides, access to unhealthy food, eating time, symbolic value of food for image, and social interactions with peers also infl uence fruit and vegetable consumption of children and adolescents 36 . These individual and societal determinants have been targeted in intervention programmes to improve fruit and vegetable intake by intervening the parents 37 or the mothers 38 ; improving accessibility at restaurants 39 , worksites 40 , and schools 41 ; by providing vouchers 42 , and by conducting behavioural 43 and nutritional interventions 44 . The success of these interventions, however, has been moderate 45,46 .…”

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Disparties in fruit and vegetable intake by Socio-demographic characteristics in peri-urban Nepalese adults: findings from the Heart-health Associated Research and Dissemination in the Community (HARDIC) Study, Bhaktapur, Nepal

Vaidya

Oli

Aryal

et al. 2014

J. Kathmandu Med. Coll.

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Background: Inadequate fruit and vegetable intake and other adverse dietary habits -along with tobacco and alcohol abuse and sub-optimal physical activity -make up the four most important behavioural risk factors of non-communicable diseases. Low fruit and vegetable intake is particularly associated with burden of high cardiovascular disease. It has received more attention in the last decade, with studies that explore disparities and determinants in their intake, as well as interventions that attempt to improve the intake. Objectives: Our study aimed to determine fruit and vegetable consumption in a peri-urban community of Nepal and to compare this intake in relation to various socio-demographic variables. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted as a part of the HARDIC (Heart-Health Associated Research and Dissemination in the Community) study in the Jhaukhel-Duwakot Health Demographic Surveillance Site in the Bhaktapur district of Nepal during September-December 2011. Adults from six randomly selected clusters were interviewed by 12 trained interviewers after taking informed consent. WHO-STEPS questions were used to elicit information on fruit and vegetable intake. Results: Fruit and vegetable intake in the community was low with 2.1 percent of the study population consuming the WHO-recommended fi ve servings per day. There were differences in the intake according to the various sociodemographic factors. Conclusions: Our study reaffi rms low fruit and vegetable intake as a public health problem in the Nepalese context. Health-promotional activities aimed at specifi c target groups are essential. Multi-sectoral coordination of health and other health-related sectors is therefore vital in addressing the issue.

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Disparties in fruit and vegetable intake by Socio-demographic characteristics in peri-urban Nepalese adults: findings from the Heart-health Associated Research and Dissemination in the Community (HARDIC) Study, Bhaktapur, Nepal

Vaidya

Oli

Aryal

et al. 2014

J. Kathmandu Med. Coll.

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“…Programs that increase access to healthy foods at work s ites, for example, have been shown to favor ably impact employ ees' dietary intakes (Backman et al , 2011), and work s ite-based nutri tion and PA programs appear to promote improvements in employee weight status (Anderson et al , 2009). Such programs have the poten tial to yield posit ive returns on invest ment for employ ers, since healthy-weight employ ees tend to have not only lower health care costs but also lower absent ee ism and higher productiv ity than do over weight and obese employ ees (Goetzel et al , 2010).…”

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Overview of the key current population-level strategies used to prevent obesity

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Hatfield

2015

Managing and Preventing Obesity

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“…(4) the inverse relationship between distress and FV consumption will remain for adults from rural and regional areas, but not for adults living in urban areas. This is hypothesised because we expect that fruit and vegetable consumption will be more accessible to those residing in major cities (Backman et al, 2011;Bodor et al, 2008;Leather, 1995;Morland, Wing, & Roux, 2002;Pearson et al, 2005;Zenk et al, 2005). We hypothesise a positive relationship between distress and takeaway consumption frequency only for adults living in major cities, also because of increased access to takeaway food (e.g., Thornton et al, 2011).…”

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