- Title
- Readiness to shop for low-fat foods: a population study
- Creator
- Plotnikoff, Ronald C.; Hotz, Stephen B.; Johnson, Steven T.; Hansen, Janice S.; Birkett, Nicholas J.; Leonard, Lynne E.; Flaman, Laura M.
- Relation
- Journal of the American Dietetic Association Vol. 109, Issue 8, p. 1392-1397
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jada.2009.05.010
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- Background: Stages of change are related to dietary fat consumption. Few studies have examined stage occupation within the context of purchasing low-fat foods. Objective: To determine the stage-prevalence of individuals for purchasing low-fat foods; identify the frequency of misclassification into action and maintenance (A/M) stages for purchasing for low-fat foods; and explain the demographic and cognitive-variable differences between pseudo (or false positive) A/M and true A/M individuals. Design: Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire among English-speaking adults (n=1,001) who were randomly sampled by mail. Statistical analyses performed: Descriptive statistics were used to compare the characteristics of the stage groups. Groups were compared using χ2 tests and Student t test. Results: Of those who reported being in A/M stages, 32% were misclassified by the staging algorithm and were not true A/M low-fat food purchasers.
- Subject
- low-fat foods; obesity; fat consumption; maintenance
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/929060
- Identifier
- uon:10530
- Identifier
- ISSN:0002-8223
- Language
- eng
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