title: Who consumed 5 or more portions of fruit and vegetables per day in 1986-1987 and in 2000-2001?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to describe who ate 5 or more portions of fruit and vegetables per day ('compliers') in 1986-1987 and in 2000-2001.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used data from the Dietary and Nutritional Surveys of British Adults. Each is a nationally representative dietary survey using 7 d weighed food records for men and women, aged 16-64 years, living in private households in Great Britain in 1986-1987 and in 2000-2001.
  
  
  METHODS
  Great Britain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were analysed for 2197 adults in 1986-1987 and 1724 adults in 2000-2001.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 1986-1987 12·7 % were classified as 'compliers' compared with 16·5 % in 2000-2001. Manual social classes, younger participants and people on benefits or outside paid employment were less likely to be 'compliers'. Being divorced, widowed or separated was negatively related to being a 'complier', as was being in a household with dependant children or a lone parent with dependant children. Between 1986-1987 and 2000-2001 improvements were seen across social class groups and differences between men and women and between regions were reduced.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Only 12·7 % participants in the Dietary and Nutritional Surveys of British Adults were classified as 'compliers' in 1986-1987 compared with 16·5 % in 2000-2001. There have been some important changes in the distribution of 'compliers', but the low levels overall support the need for a reinvigorated policy drive to improve compliance with fruit and vegetable goals.
authors.affiliation: NHS Northamptonshire, Northampton, UK.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Jane A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pryer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004032:Diet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012923:Social Class; D006113:United Kingdom; D014675:Vegetables; D055815:Young Adult