Background There is increasing consensus that transitioning towards reduced meat
consumption and more plant-based diets is a key feature to address important health and …

Behavior change interventions typically contain multiple potentially active components:
behavior change techniques (BCTs). Identifying which specific BCTs or BCT combinations have …

Objetivo: A prevenção do excesso de peso e obesidade infantis em Portugal é prioritária e
tem sido alvo de vários programas de intervenção. Este estudo teve como objetivo principal …

Use of natural language to represent behaviour-change theories has resulted in lack of
clarity and consistency, hindering comparison, integration, development and use. This paper …

Objectives This study investigates the joint role of coping planning and action control as
volitional predictors of changes in the daily consumption of fruit and vegetables. Design In a …

Health messages are a commonly used way to promote changes in dietary habits but their
efficacy could be enhanced by strategies such as the way in which the presented arguments …

Food packaging usually includes multiple cues, including claims about nutrients that may
modulate how the consumer perceives (and behaves towards) the product. In the current work, …

Theoretically driven health communications are needed to promote fruit and vegetable
intake among people at different stages of change. The Health Action Process Approach, a …

Excessive sugar intake has been associated with multiple health conditions (eg, higher risk
for non-communicable diseases). Hence, health organizations have issued guidelines …

Cancer fatalism is the belief that cancer is uncontrollable and lethal. Individuals with less
education are more likely to hold fatalistic beliefs about cancer, but the mechanism accounting …