Systemic Barriers and Equitable Interventions to Improve Vegetable and Fruit Intake in Children: Interviews with National Food System Actors.

ABSTRACT: Fruit and vegetable (FV) intake is declining in New Zealand, and over half of New Zealand's children do not meet the recommendation of two serves of fruit and three serves of vegetables daily (with even lower adherence among children in high-deprivation neighbourhoods). The aim of this study was to map the potential causal pathways explaining this decline and possible actions to reverse it. Semi-structured interviews were held in April-May 2018 with 22 national actors from the produce industry, food distribution and retail sector, government, and NGO health organisations. The qualitative systems dynamics method of cognitive mapping was used to explore causal relationships within the food system that result in low FV intake among children. Barriers and solutions identified by participants w

SUBMITTER: Gerritsen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6518010 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature