2005
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.03.002
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Fruit and Vegetable Intake in African Americans

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“…Compared with respondents who were not satisfied, those who agreed that the places they purchased fruits and vegetables provided quality, selection and convenience were more than two times as likely to eat three or more servings of fruits and vegetables daily, while those who strongly agreed with these statements were more than four times more likely to eat three or more servings daily. These findings confirm those reported by Zenk and colleagues (23) . Their study, also conducted among an inner-city low-income population, found that perceived quality and selection influenced dietary intake of fruits and vegetables independent of perceived cost.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
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“…Compared with respondents who were not satisfied, those who agreed that the places they purchased fruits and vegetables provided quality, selection and convenience were more than two times as likely to eat three or more servings of fruits and vegetables daily, while those who strongly agreed with these statements were more than four times more likely to eat three or more servings daily. These findings confirm those reported by Zenk and colleagues (23) . Their study, also conducted among an inner-city low-income population, found that perceived quality and selection influenced dietary intake of fruits and vegetables independent of perceived cost.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…Despite these limitations, our study extends the growing body of literature that highlights the importance of personal, subjective assessments of the food shopping environment (19,23,24,29) . Our analysis examines the role that perceptions of the quality, selection and convenience may play in promoting increased consumption of fruits and vegetables.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 59%
“…Our study did not find an association for those who live in areas with a high density of supermarkets perceiving their neighbourhood to have many healthy items. This is not consistent with other studies and a bit surprising (39,42) . However, this result may reflect variation in the quality of healthy food items available for purchase in rural supermarkets relative to urban supermarkets, where most of the studies have taken place.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 93%
“…Food stores were identified based on Standard Industrial Classifications in the InfoUSA data. 13 Because supermarket proximity has been related to availability of healthy foods, 14,15 supermarket location was used in 2 measures: distance to supermarkets and density of supermarkets. Supermarket density also included retail fruit and vegetable stores because these stores also may contribute to the availability of healthy foods.…”
Section: Datamentioning
confidence: 99%