"11538","11","archive","3170",,,"disk0/00/01/15/38","2020-08-07 12:33:35","2020-08-19 11:49:31","2020-08-07 12:33:35","article",,,"show",,,,"","","","","","","","","","",,,,"Sinyolo","S","","","","","","","Murendo","C","","","","",,,,,"","",,,,,"","","Human Sciences Research Council, 134 Pretorius Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa","South Africa","Access to Information Technologies and Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables in South Africa: Evidence from Nationally Representative Data","pub","S40","CRPS5","","public",,,"Fruits and vegetables, Information access, Healthy diets, South Africa",,"The authors wish to thank the stakeholders who participated in the key informant interviews
and focus group discussions, as well as the research assistants who assisted with facilitating these engagements.
The authors would also like to acknowledge our former colleague Ntombizodwa Mbelle for her contributions
in the conceptualisation of this paper.","Extensive evidence indicates that fruit and vegetable (F+V) consumption leads to reduced
chances of diet related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). However, the F+V consumption
levels remain low. This paper investigates the extent to which access to information technologies
improves F+V consumption in South Africa. A nationally representative sample of 20,908 households
was analysed using the Poisson and logit regression models. The study results indicated that most
households do not consume sufficient F+V per day. Only 26% of the household heads consumed F+V
at least five times a day. Access to mobile phones, radio, television, and internet was associated with
increasing frequency of F+V consumption, and higher chances that a household would consume
the minimum recommended levels. The association between the communication technologies
and F+V consumption varied. Television access had the highest association with both foods,
while internet was only significantly associated with vegetable consumption. Several demographic
and socio-economic factors played a key role in shaping F+V consumption patterns. The results
show that there is scope to disseminate nutrition awareness and education programs, through mobile
phones, internet, radio and television in South Africa. The interventions to promote F+V consumption
should be tailored according to the different socio-economic profiles of the population.","2020-07","published",,"International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (TSI)","17","13","MDPI",,"1-17",,,,,,"doi:10.3390/ijerph17134880",,,,,"TRUE",,"1660-4601",,,,,,"","https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134880","https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=10.3390%2Fijerph17134880&btnG=","",,"International Development Research Centre (IDRC)","",,,,,,"",,,,,,,"",,,,,"",,,,,"","",,,,,"","",,,,,
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