Augmenting fruit and vegetable consumption by an online intervention: Psychological mechanisms.

CONCLUSION: Both intervention arms produced overall improvements in FV intake. The enhanced intervention resulted in a steeper increase in self-efficacy in women compared to men, and compared to the standard intervention. A psychological mechanism transpired that included a sequence leading from initial outcome expectancies via planning, self-efficacy, and intention towards FV intake. PMID: 28943477 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28943477?dopt=Abstract

Source: Appetite - September 21, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: Keller J, Motter S, Motter M, Schwarzer R Tags: Appetite Source Type: research

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