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Perceived quality and availability of fruit and vegetables are associated with perceptions of fruit and vegetable affordability among socio-economically disadvantaged women
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posted on 2012-07-01, 00:00 authored by Lauren Williams, Lukar ThorntonLukar Thornton, David CrawfordDavid Crawford, Kylie BallKylie BallObjective Perceptions that fruit and vegetables are expensive have been found to be associated with lower consumption of fruit and vegetables among disadvantaged women; however, the determinants of these perceptions are relatively unknown. The purpose of the current paper is to examine whether perceived availability and quality of fruit and vegetables, and social support for healthy eating, are associated with perceptions of fruit and vegetable affordability among women residing in disadvantaged neighbourhoods.
Design Cross-sectional self-report survey.
Setting The study was conducted in Melbourne, Australia.
Subjects An Australian sample of 4131 women, aged 18–45 years, residing in neighbourhoods ranked in the lowest Victorian tertile of relative disadvantage by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, an index that considers aspects of disadvantage such as residents’ income, education, motor vehicle access and employment.
Results Results showed that irrespective of education, income and other key covariates, women who perceived poor availability and quality of fruit and vegetables in their local neighbourhood were more likely to perceive fruit and vegetables as expensive.
Conclusions Our results suggest that perceptions of fruit and vegetable affordability are not driven exclusively by lack of financial or knowledge-related resources, but also by women's psychological response and interpretation of their local nutrition environment.
Design Cross-sectional self-report survey.
Setting The study was conducted in Melbourne, Australia.
Subjects An Australian sample of 4131 women, aged 18–45 years, residing in neighbourhoods ranked in the lowest Victorian tertile of relative disadvantage by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, an index that considers aspects of disadvantage such as residents’ income, education, motor vehicle access and employment.
Results Results showed that irrespective of education, income and other key covariates, women who perceived poor availability and quality of fruit and vegetables in their local neighbourhood were more likely to perceive fruit and vegetables as expensive.
Conclusions Our results suggest that perceptions of fruit and vegetable affordability are not driven exclusively by lack of financial or knowledge-related resources, but also by women's psychological response and interpretation of their local nutrition environment.
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Public health nutritionVolume
15Issue
7Pagination
1262 - 1267Publisher
Cambridge University PressLocation
Cambridge, EnglandPublisher DOI
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1368-9800eISSN
1475-2727Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2012, Cambridge University PressUsage metrics
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socio-economically disadvantaged womenfruit and vegetable affordabilityfruit and vegetable availabilitysocial supportScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicinePublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthNutrition & DieteticsSOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIESPHYSICAL-ACTIVITYFOOD ENVIRONMENTWEIGHT STATUSNEIGHBORHOODSBARRIERSCONSUMPTIONDIETDETERMINANTSBEHAVIORS
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