Reported barriers to eating more fruit and vegetables before and after participation in a randomized controlled trial: a qualitative study.

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This qualitative study compares the barriers to eating more fruit and vegetables reported before and after participation in a 6-month randomized controlled trial in primary care. At the initial intervention appointment of a primary care intervention to promote eating five or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day, participants were asked to identify the barriers that they thought they might encounter. Barriers were discussed again at the final appointment 6 months later. At the end of th...

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Authors: John, J; Ziebland, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Health education research
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 165-174
• Publication date: 2004-04-01
• DOI: 10.1093/her/cyg016
• EISSN: 1465-3648
• ISSN: 0268-1153
• Language: English
• Keywords: Male; Great Britain; Food Habits; Vegetables; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Research Subjects; Middle Aged; Self Disclosure; Fruit; Female; Adult