title: Psychosocial correlates of fruit and vegetable consumption among African American men.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the best predictors of fruit and vegetable consumption among African American men age 35 years and older.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data (n = 291) from a 2001 nationally representative mail survey commissioned by the American Cancer Society.
  
  
  METHODS
  291 African American men age 35 years and older.
  
  
  METHODS
  
  
  
  METHODS
  (1) total fruits and vegetables without fried potatoes, (2) total fruit with juice, and (3) total vegetables without fried potatoes. Independent variables included 3 blocks of predictors: (1) demographics, (2) a set of psychosocial scales, and (3) intent to change variables based on a theoretical algorithm.
  
  
  METHODS
  Linear regression models; analysis of variance for the intent to change group. Alpha = .05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Regression model for total fruits and vegetables, significant psychosocial predictors: social norms, benefits, tangible rewards, and barriers-other. Total fruit with juice: social norms, benefits, tangible rewards. Total vegetables, no fried potatoes: tangible rewards, barriers-other interests.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For African American men, fruit consumption appears to be motivated by perceived benefits and standards set by important people in their lives; vegetable consumption is a function of extrinsic rewards and preferences for high-calorie, fatty foods. The results suggest that communications to increase fruit and vegetable consumption should be crafted to reflect differences in sources of motivation for eating fruits versus eating vegetables.
authors.affiliation: Behavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-7326, USA.
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Deanne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Doyle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology*; D005638:Fruit; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014675:Vegetables