Table 6.
Perceived promoters and barriers towards increasing consumption of cereal food, Western Australian Nutrition Monitoring Survey Series (NMSS)
| 1995 % [95% CI] | 1998 % [95% CI] | 2001 % [95% CI] | 2004 % [95% CI] | 2009 % [95% CI] | 2012 % [95% CI] | Overall % [95% CI] | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What influences you to try to eat more cereal foods? (n = 1642) | ||||||||
| Improve health in general | 41.8 [35.3,48.5] | 27.8 [21.6,35.1] | 32.7 [25.7,40.6] | 40.0 [31.0,49.7] | 30.5 [24.8,36.7] | 26.2 [21.8,31.2] | 30.7 [28.0,33.5] | .004 |
| Related to weight/diet | 11.2 [7.7,16.2] | 6.2 [3.8,9.9] | 5.8 [3.2,10.4] | 7.2 [3.0,16.3] | 41.4 [35.2,47.9] | 28.4 [23.9,33.4] | 24.0 [21.5,26.7] | <.001 |
| Increase carbs/better balance in my diet | 5.6 [3.2,9.6] | 21.8 [16.0,29.0] | 13.2 [8.9,19.2] | 7.7 [3.8,15.0] | 3.4 [1.7,6.6] | 8.5 [5.8,12.3] | 8.6 [7.1,10.4] | <.001 |
| To increase fibre intake | 8.1 [5.1,12.5] | 23.2 [17.3,30.4] | 14.6 [9.9,20.9] | 15.8 [10.6,22.8] | 3.3 [1.6,6.9] | 4.6 [2.7,7.9] | 8.2 [6.8,9.9] | <.001 |
| Improve fitness/more energy | 7.6 [4.7,12.2] | 9.9 [6.4,15.1] | 9.4 [5.6,15.3] | 17.1 [10.6,26.4] | 7.8 [4.7,12.7] | 4.4 [2.6,7.4] | 7.5 [6.1,9.2] | .004 |
| Medical reasons/doctor/dietitian advice | 7.8 [5.0,12.0] | 12.4 [8.0,18.7] | 5 [2.8,8.8] | 3.8 [1.7,8.6] | 4.5 [2.7,7.7] | 6.6 [4.6,9.4] | 6.5 [5.3,7.9] | .02 |
| To reduce bowel problems/health reasons | 8.1 [5.1,12.6] | 8.4 [4.6,14.8] | 5.2 [2.7,9.9] | 9.1 [4.8,16.5] | 2.1 [1.0,4.2] | 6.4 [4.1,9.8] | 5.8 [4.5,7.3] | .01 |
| Hungry at work/no breakfast | 5.6 [3.1,9.9] | 10 [6.4,15.2] | 16.2 [11.3,22.7] | 18.6 [12.1,27.4] | 2.7 [1.2,6.2] | 1.2 [0.5,2.6] | 5.5 [4.4,6.8] | <.001 |
| Adverts/DOH campaign/cooking on TV | 4.7 [2.5,8.6] | 8.7 [5.4,13.7] | 2.5 [1.0,6.1] | 6 [2.3,15.0] | 1.2 [0.4,3.1] | 0.9 [0.4,2.1] | 2.7 [2.0,3.6] | <.001 |
| Other | 29.1 [23.5,35.4] | 15 [10.9,20.3] | 25.6 [19.6,32.6] | 10.2 [5.7,17.7] | 4.7 [2.7,8.2] | 10.8 [7.6,15.1] | 13.2 [11.4,15.3] | <.001 |
| Don’t know/no particular reason | 2.9 [1.0,8.5] | 1.4 [0.4,4.5] | 3.4 [1.6,7.3] | 3.1 [1.0,9.1] | 12.8 [8.6,18.5] | 14.9 [11.4,19.3] | 9.8 [8.0,12.1] | <.001 |
| What are the main things that make it difficult for you to eat plenty of cereal foods? (n = 5842) | ||||||||
| Don’t like cereal/not interested | 9.1 [7.4,11.2] | 5.8 [4.4,7.7] | 4.2 [3.1,5.7] | N/A | 13.3 [11.2,15.7] | 10.8 [9.1,12.8] | 9.8 [8.9,10.8] | <.001 |
| No time for breakfast | 6.1 [4.6,8.0] | 11.2 [9.1,13.6] | 8 [6.2,10.2] | N/A | 3.4 [2.3,4.8] | 3.6 [2.5,5.3] | 5.4 [4.7,6.2] | <.001 |
| Don’t like eating in the morning/breakfast | 2.8 [1.8,4.1] | 6.5 [4.9,8.5] | 6.4 [4.9,8.3] | N/A | 5.8 [4.4,7.5] | 5 [3.7,6.7] | 5.3 [4.6,6.1] | .04 |
| The time to prepare | 3.5 [2.4,5.1] | 4.2 [3.0,5.8] | 3.7 [2.6,5.2] | N/A | 6.8 [5.0,9.1] | 5.5 [4.1,7.3] | 5.2 [4.4,6.1] | .03 |
| Too expensive | 2.9 [1.7,5.0] | 0.5 [0.2,1.1] | 0 | N/A | 0.8 [0.4,1.5] | 1.8 [1.1,2.9] | 1.3 [0.9,1.7] | <.001 |
| The effort to prepare | 1.3 [0.7,2.3] | 0 | 0 | N/A | 1.2 [0.7,2.1] | 1.9 [1.1,3.4] | 1.2 [0.8,1.7] | .005 |
| Other | 10.9 [9.0,13.1] | 4.3 [3.2,5.8] | 0 | N/A | 3.3 [2.3,4.9] | 8.7 [7.0,10.8] | 5.8 [5.1,6.7] | <.001 |
| Don’t know | 1.5 [0.9,2.6] | 1.8 [1.1,3.1] | 4.5 [3.2,6.3] | N/A | 2.3 [1.5,3.5] | 1.2 [0.8,2.0] | 2.1 [1.7,2.5] | <.001 |
| Nothing/already eat enough | 63.6 [60.1,66.9] | 69.2 [66.0,72.3] | 75.0 [71.8,77.9] | N/A | 62.9 [59.6,66.1] | 65.8 [62.7,68.8] | 66.3 [64.8,67.9] | <.001 |
Results are survey design-based percentage and p values were derived from survey design-based Pearson chi square test