<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Access to Information Technologies and Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables in South Africa: Evidence from Nationally Representative Data"^^ . "Extensive evidence indicates that fruit and vegetable (F+V) consumption leads to reduced\r\nchances of diet related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). However, the F+V consumption\r\nlevels remain low. This paper investigates the extent to which access to information technologies\r\nimproves F+V consumption in South Africa. A nationally representative sample of 20,908 households\r\nwas analysed using the Poisson and logit regression models. The study results indicated that most\r\nhouseholds do not consume sufficient F+V per day. Only 26% of the household heads consumed F+V\r\nat least five times a day. Access to mobile phones, radio, television, and internet was associated with\r\nincreasing frequency of F+V consumption, and higher chances that a household would consume\r\nthe minimum recommended levels. The association between the communication technologies\r\nand F+V consumption varied. Television access had the highest association with both foods,\r\nwhile internet was only significantly associated with vegetable consumption. Several demographic\r\nand socio-economic factors played a key role in shaping F+V consumption patterns. The results\r\nshow that there is scope to disseminate nutrition awareness and education programs, through mobile\r\nphones, internet, radio and television in South Africa. The interventions to promote F+V consumption\r\nshould be tailored according to the different socio-economic profiles of the population."^^ . "2020-07" . . . "17" . "13" . . "MDPI"^^ . . . "International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (TSI)"^^ . . . "16604601" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "S"^^ . "Sinyolo"^^ . "S Sinyolo"^^ . . "C"^^ . "Ndinda"^^ . "C Ndinda"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Neluheni"^^ . "M Neluheni"^^ . . "C"^^ . "Murendo"^^ . "C Murendo"^^ . . "S A"^^ . "Sinyolo"^^ . "S A Sinyolo"^^ . . . . . . "Access to Information Technologies and Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables in South Africa: Evidence from Nationally Representative Data (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "ijerph-17-04880.pdf"^^ . . . "Access to Information Technologies and Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables in South Africa: Evidence from Nationally Representative Data (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #11538 \n\nAccess to Information Technologies and Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables in South Africa: Evidence from Nationally Representative Data\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Information Technology"@en . . . "Vegetable and Field crops"@en . . . "Food and Nutrition"@en . . . "Southern Africa"@en . .