What students say about ‘5 a day’

摘要

In their qualitative study about obesity in young people, King, et al, found that GP's perceived there were significant barriers to patient compliance with advice on food intake and exercise.1 By contrast, healthcare students are a group who may be more likely to comply with advice on healthy eating. In December 2006 we conducted a cross-sectional, confidential questionnaire survey to assess the attitudes and behaviour of healthcare students towards eating five or more portions of fruit and vegetables per day.