title: Perceptions of older, low-income women about increasing intake of fruits and vegetables.
abstract: Focus groups were conducted with 28 older, low-income women in order to identify factors that affected their fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption. Themes emerging from data analysis include barriers to making dietary changes, specifically to increasing F&V consumption; beliefs about benefits of consuming F&V as compared with other dietary changes; and use of supplements as a substitution for eating F&V. A prominent subtheme concerned the conflict women felt between their desire to consume more F&V and their desire not to waste food. Focus group participants gave concrete suggestions on how to help older, low-income women increase F&V consumption, which included environmental supports.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1705, USA. tcheryl@clemson.edu
authors.forename: Cheryl J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Dye
authors.forename: Katherine L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Cason
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004032:Diet / Q000379:methods*; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D005638:Fruit; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education / Q000502:physiology; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D014675:Vegetables