Table 1 |
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Distribution of participants by response to each psychosocial factor (n = 658)1 |
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Healthiest Response |
N (%) |
Moderate Response |
N (%) |
Least Healthy Response |
N (%) |
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Predisposing Factors |
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Do you think what you eat and drink are related to your own chance of getting cancer? (Yes/No); Do you think this relationship between diet and cancer is: |
Yes, Strong |
324 (49%) |
Yes, Moderate |
198 (30%) |
Yes, Weak Or No |
136 (21%) |
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How important is it to you personally to eat a diet low in fat? |
Very Important |
222 (34%) |
Somewhat Important |
309 (48%) |
Not Important |
118 (18%) |
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If you wanted to eat less fat, how confident are you that you could do it? |
Very Confident |
285 (44%) |
Somewhat Confident |
280 (43%) |
Not Confident |
81 (13%) |
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Have you ever heard of the Food Guide Pyramid? |
Yes |
533 (82%) |
Not Sure/Don't Know |
94 (14%) |
No |
25 (4%) |
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Reinforcing Factors |
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If you tried to eat healthier foods, how much could you count on the people close to you to: |
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Encourage you. |
A lot |
310 (48%) |
Some |
261 (40%) |
Not at all |
76 (12%) |
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Tell you about healthier foods and how to prepare them. |
A lot |
164 (26%) |
Some |
336 (52%) |
Not at all |
142 (22%) |
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Prepare healthier foods with or for you. |
A lot |
161 (25%) |
Some |
300 (46%) |
Not at all |
185 (29%) |
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Eat healthier foods with you. |
A lot |
198 (31%) |
Some |
361 (56%) |
Not at all |
89 (14%) |
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Enabling Factors |
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Do you feel that you can afford to purchase healthy foods? |
Yes |
463 (72%) |
Sometimes |
127 (20%) |
No |
55 (9%) |
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Do you feel that it takes a lot of time and trouble to prepare healthy foods and meals? |
No |
338 (52%) |
Sometimes |
146 (23%) |
Yes |
162 (25%) |
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Do you feel that it is easy for you to order healthy foods when you go out to eat at restaurants? |
Yes |
246 (38%) |
Sometimes |
205 (32%) |
No |
196 (30%) |
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Do you more need information on how to prepare healthy foods and meals? |
No |
196 (30%) |
Sometimes |
75 (11%) |
Yes |
379 (58%) |
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1Numbers may not add up to 658 and percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding and missing data |
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Watters and Satia Nutrition Journal 2009 8:15 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-8-15 |
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