Background Accumulating evidence suggests that fruit and vegetable intake (FVI) plays a
protective role against major diseases. Despite this protective role and the obesity pandemic …

▪ Abstract Psychosocial variables that predict dietary behavior become important targets for
change in nutrition education programs. Psychosocial variables in models with higher …

Objective To examine the self-reported importance of taste, nutrition, cost, convenience, and
weight control on personal dietary choices and whether these factors vary across …

PURPOSE: The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is the largest research program ever
initiated in the United States with a focus on diet and health. Therefore, it is important to …

In 3 studies, the authors examined how autonomous and controlled forms of motivation for
the regulation of eating behaviors were related to self-reported eating behaviors, and …

OBJECTIVE: Reading nutrition labels on food packages may improve food choices and
enable healthful dietary practices. This report describes the prevalence of nutrition label use …

Objective The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 mandated that standardized
nutrition information appear on almost all packaged foods manufactured after May 1994 …

The purpose of this review is to provide a summary of the kinds of evaluation measures used
in 265 nutrition education intervention studies conducted between 1980 and 1999 and an …

Significantly revised and updated, this second edition of the bestselling Handbook of
Nutrition and Food welcomes contributions from several new authors, including Elaine B …

Background Given the substantial period of time adults spend in their workplaces each day,
these provide an opportune setting for interventions addressing modifiable behavioural risk …