Benefits and barriers perceived by Mexican adolescents for consuming fruit and vegetables.

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AudienciaPúblico en generales_ES
CoberturaMéxicoes_ES
Fecha de ingreso2026-10-05T16:32:27Z
Fecha de publicación2009-01-01
ResumenBenefits and barriers perceived by Mexican adolescents for consuming fruit and vegetables. The objectives of this descriptive study were to establish the benefits and barriers perceived by adolescents for consuming fruit and vegetables, and to determine gender differences. A random sample of 829 adolescents attending public secondary schools in Matamoros, Tamaulipas was recruited (398 were males, and 431) with a mean age of 13.11 +/- 0.93 years. A scale of benefits and barriers for consuming fruit and vegetables was used. The most important perceived benefits for males were: ``I'd take care of my health eating more fruit and vegetables{''} (4.24 +/- 0.99), ``I like the taste of fruit{''} (4.21 +/- 1.06), and ``eating fruit and vegetables would give me more vitamins and minerals (4.20 +/- 1.07). For females the perceived benefits were: ``I like the taste of fruits{''} (4.48 +/- 0.81), and ``I'd take care of my health eating more fruit and vegetables{''} (4.41 +/- 0.91). Adolescents of both genders, pointed out as barrier pesticides in fruit and vegetables (3.14 +/- 1.31 for males and 2.97 +/- 1.22 for females). Findings showed that perceived benefits and barriers have differences by gender. Females perceive higher benefits 24.25 +/- 9.15 (p= 0.001). Males perceived higher barriers 24.94 +/- 7.28 (p=0.001). In conclusions, benefits and barriers are different by gender. Given the great cultural diversity in Mexico, these findings in students residing in this border city must be validated with similarly designed studies.es_ES
URIhttps://riuat.uat.edu.mx/handle/123456789/4279
Idiomaeses_ES
EditorialARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS NUTRICIONes_ES
RelaciónArchivos Latinoamericanos de Nutriciones_ES
DerechosAcceso restringido / Suscripción (Metadatos de producción científica)es_ES
Licenciahttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16eces_ES
FuenteArchivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion
Palabra claveBenefitses_ES
Palabra clavebarrierses_ES
Palabra clavevegetableses_ES
Palabra claveperceptionses_ES
Palabra claveadolescentses_ES
TítuloBenefits and barriers perceived by Mexican adolescents for consuming fruit and vegetables.es_ES
TipoArtículoes_ES
ArbitradoHa sido Arbitradoes_ES
AutorJuana Lopez-Guevara, San
AutorFlores-Pena, Yolanda
AutorAvila-Alpirez, Hermelinda
AutorGallegos-Cabriales, Esther C.
AutorBenavides-Torres, Raquel A.
AutorCerda-Flores, Ricardo M.
AutorJuana Lopez-Guevara, Sanes_ES
AutorFlores-Pena, Yolandaes_ES
AutorAvila-Alpirez, Hermelindaes_ES
AutorGallegos-Cabriales, Esther C.es_ES
AutorBenavides-Torres, Raquel A.es_ES
AutorCerda-Flores, Ricardo M.es_ES
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipases_ES
Número2es_ES
Rango de páginas174-178es_ES
Tipo de artículoIndexado
Tipo de artículoIndexadoes_ES
Volumen59es_ES

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