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Benefits and barriers to the consumption of a vegetarian diet in Australia Lea, Emma and Worsley, Anthony 2003, Benefits and barriers to the consumption of a vegetarian diet in Australia, Public health nutrition, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 505-511. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads worsley-benefitsandbarriers-2003.pdf Published version application/pdf 137.04KB 497 Title Benefits and barriers to the consumption of a vegetarian diet in Australia Author(s) Lea, Emma Worsley, Anthony Journal name Public health nutrition Volume number 6 Issue number 5 Start page 505 End page 511 Publisher Cambridge University Press Place of publication Cambridge, England Publication date 2003 ISSN 1368-9800 1475-2727 Keyword(s) beliefs benefits barriers meat vegetarian plant-based diets health survey Australia Summary Objective: The aim of this study was to examine consumers' perceived benefits and barriers to the consumption of a vegetarian diet. Design: Survey (written questionnaire) that included questions on perceived benefits and barriers to the consumption of a vegetarian diet. Setting: South Australia. Subjects: Six hundred and one randomly selected South Australians. Results: The main perceived barriers to adopting a vegetarian diet were enjoying eating meat and an unwillingness to alter eating habits. This was the case for men, women and all age groups, although there were sex and age differences present in over half of the barrier items. For example, family food preferences were a greater problem for women than for men, while the oldest group was more likely to agree that humans are ‘meant’ to eat meat than the younger groups. The main benefits associated with vegetarian diets were health benefits: increased fruit and vegetable intake, decreased saturated fat intake, weight control. Animal welfare-related benefits and disease prevention were also important. Age and sex differences were apparent, although age differences were more important than sex differences. Conclusions: The majority of respondents perceived there to be health benefits associated with the consumption of a vegetarian diet, but also, predictably, enjoyed eating meat. Given this, it is likely that interest in plant-based diets that contain some meat is higher than that in no-meat diets. An understanding of the perceived benefits and barriers of consuming a vegetarian diet will allow the implementation of strategies to influence meat and vegetarianism beliefs, dietary behaviour and, hence, public health. Notes Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner. Language eng Field of Research 111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2003, The Authors Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30001896 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 16 Jan 2009, 09:02:36 EST Tue, 25 Aug 2009, 18:07:46 EST Thu, 04 Aug 2011, 09:04:18 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 12 times in TR Web of Science Cited 18 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 788 Abstract Views, 497 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:09:44 EST

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