TY - JOUR
T1 - Applying the stages of change to multiple low-fat dietary behavioral contexts. An examination of stage occupation and discontinuity
AU - Plotnikoff, Ronald C.
AU - Lippke, Sonia
AU - Johnson, Steven T.
AU - Hotz, Stephen B.
AU - Birkett, Nicholas J.
AU - Rossi, Susan R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. RCP is supported by Salary Awards from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Applied Public Health Chair) and the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (Health Scholar). The authors of this paper would like to thank Cathy Pollock and Cynthia Forbes for assisting with manuscript preparation.
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - Consuming a diet lower in total fat is important for the prevention of many chronic diseases. Individual and population-based programs targeting this behavior must be theoretically grounded and consider the context within which dietary behavior change may be attempted. To identify the factors differentiating stage of readiness to follow a low-fat diet, a sample (N = 1216) of adults was surveyed using 4 different staging algorithms to assess stages of change and associated social-cognitive variables (pros, cons, and temptation). Approximately 75% of the sample occupied the Action/Maintenance stages for all staging algorithms. In general, pros increased and cons decreased with higher stage occupation. Temptation decreased from the early pre-action to the action stages for the different staging algorithms. When developing programs to decrease dietary-fat intake, social-cognitive variables associated with stage transition for behaviors related to consuming a low-fat diet may have relevance to researchers and clinicians.
AB - Consuming a diet lower in total fat is important for the prevention of many chronic diseases. Individual and population-based programs targeting this behavior must be theoretically grounded and consider the context within which dietary behavior change may be attempted. To identify the factors differentiating stage of readiness to follow a low-fat diet, a sample (N = 1216) of adults was surveyed using 4 different staging algorithms to assess stages of change and associated social-cognitive variables (pros, cons, and temptation). Approximately 75% of the sample occupied the Action/Maintenance stages for all staging algorithms. In general, pros increased and cons decreased with higher stage occupation. Temptation decreased from the early pre-action to the action stages for the different staging algorithms. When developing programs to decrease dietary-fat intake, social-cognitive variables associated with stage transition for behaviors related to consuming a low-fat diet may have relevance to researchers and clinicians.
KW - Discontinuity patterns
KW - Low-fat diet behaviors
KW - Stage models
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U2 - 10.1016/j.appet.2009.07.016
DO - 10.1016/j.appet.2009.07.016
M3 - Journal Article
C2 - 19635512
AN - SCOPUS:70450247032
SN - 0195-6663
VL - 53
SP - 345
EP - 353
JO - Appetite
JF - Appetite
IS - 3
ER -