eprintid: 19815
rev_number: 43
eprint_status: archive
userid: 13
dir: disk0/00/01/98/15
datestamp: 2015-11-20 14:38:57
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Ungar, Nadine
creators_name: Sieverding, Monika
creators_name: Stadnitski, Tatjana
title: Increasing fruit and vegetable intake: "Five a day" versus "just one more"
subjects: ddc-150
subjects: ddc-610
divisions: i-100200
keywords: Fruit and vegetable intake; Behavior change; Goal-setting; 5 a day; Randomized controlled intervention study
abstract: The present randomized controlled intervention study tested the hypothesis that a personally adaptable and realistic "just 1 more" goal would be more effective for increasing fruits and vegetables (FV) intake compared to the common "5 a day" goal. Study participants (N = 84 students, 85% female) consumed less than 4 servings of FVs per day at recruitment. During the 1-week intervention, participants randomized to the 5aday-group were asked to eat 5 servings of FVs/day; participants of the just1more-group were
asked to eat 1 serving more of FVs than they usually did, and participants of the control group were instructed to eat as usual. Measurements were taken before (T1), directly following (T2), and 1 week after (T3) the intervention. Participants in the 5aday-group increased their average FV intake significantly by about one serving from 2.49 at T1 to 3.45 servings/day at T3. At T3, only the 5aday-group — not the just1-more-group — had a significantly higher FV intake than the control group. Contrary to the hypothesis, the
"5 a day" goal was more effective than "just 1 more" for increasing FV intake. Results of our study support the rationale of the "5 a day" campaign, at least in the short term.
date: 2013
publisher: Elsevier
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00019815
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2013.02.007
ppn_swb: 1658905229
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-198157
language: eng
bibsort: UNGARNADININCREASING2013
full_text_status: public
publication: Appetite : multidisciplinary research on eating and drinking
volume: 65
place_of_pub: Amsterdam [u.a.]
pagerange: 200-204
issn: 0195-6663
citation:   Ungar, Nadine ; Sieverding, Monika ; Stadnitski, Tatjana  (2013) Increasing fruit and vegetable intake: "Five a day" versus "just one more".  Appetite : multidisciplinary research on eating and drinking, 65.  pp. 200-204.  ISSN 0195-6663     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/19815/1/Ungar%2C%20Sieverding%2C%20Stadnitski%20%282013%29.pdf