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Grammatical style of nutrition education messages.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11225184     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Nutrition education messages were written about eight different foods or food products in eight different styles. Styles were suggestions, instructions using 'should', rhetorical questions using 'how about' or 'why not', statements of fact, positive commands, positive commands followed by negative commands or vice versa. Subjects (n 160) rated messages for persuasiveness and also stated how often they already complied with each message. Scores were adjusted to remove the contributions related to sex, age group, social class, reported compliance and food about which the message had been written. The main factor influencing score for persuasiveness was the extent to which subjects claimed to be already complying with the messages. There were no significant effects of the method of construction of messages on score using one-way analysis of variance.
Authors:
F Geddes; A Wise
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of food sciences and nutrition     Volume:  52     ISSN:  0963-7486     ISO Abbreviation:  Int J Food Sci Nutr     Publication Date:  2001 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-02-27     Completed Date:  2001-03-29     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9432922     Medline TA:  Int J Food Sci Nutr     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  99-103     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
School of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Queen's Road, Aberdeen AB15 4PH, Scotland, UK.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Analysis of Variance
Attitude to Health
Female
Health Education / methods*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*
Philology*

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