Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, February 2002

Variable Details

VariableSPEC2
LabelOther reason why do not eat more fruit and veg
Question text Please specify other reason why you don't eat more fruit and vegetables.
Responses
Because I don't want to 1
Because I like my chocolate. 1
Because I'm usually out all day the timing is difficult - no time to prepare/buy or eat 1
Bowel problem prevents eating more 1
DEPENDS ON WHAT COOKING 1
DIFFERENT EATING PATTERNS OF THE FAMILY 1
Diatery reasons 1
Don't have time 1
EAT IN RESTAURANT 1
Find it a problem eating fruit because teeth not toogood. 1
Fruit tends to disagree with me 1
I BUY THEM AND THEN FORGET ABOUT THEM PLUS IAM NOT A BIG FRUIT FAN,I LOVE FAST JUNK TYPE FOOD 1
I DONT THINK ABOUT IT 1
I do not eat fruit at all, no particular reason. 1
I don't like many of the common fruits; for myself, I cook quick meals 1
I dont have regular meal times. 1
I dont take fruit and veg to work to eat- it does noit fill you uplilke sandwich 1
I drink too much and this makes me depressed so my appitite goes 1
I only have one meal per day 1
If I went by the guidelines of Ministry of Health, I would have to eat huge amounts of fruit and veg 1
Inertia 1
JUST NEVER GET ROUND TO IT,I ALWAYS FORGOT 1
Job does not time snacks quicker to eat 1
LACKOF TIME 1
Lack of appetite 1
NOT A LOVER OF IT 1
NOT ENOUGH TIME DURING DAY 1
NOT ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE IT 1
NOT IN HOUSE 1
Never can have enough 1
Not having the recommended amount. 1
Not in habit of eating 1
Often eat 5 portions 1
On special diet - allowed apple or banana 1
Personal choice 2
Prefers meat 1
Shift work & not available in the hours of work 1
The reccomended amount is 5 portions a day and I find it fairley difficult to eat 5 portions a day. 1
Too busy and not enough time. 1
Work commitments 1
Young family get in front and eat it all!! 1
a 1
above 1
all eat a different times and don't plan meals well enough 1
allergic to fruit sugar and cannot eat as much as would like 1
allergic to most friut 1
allergies to citrus fruit 1
attraction 1
aware that should be eating more 1
bad eatinh habits 1
bad habits 1
because I eat junk food 1
because I prefere chocolate 1
because i don't think about it 1
because of job and lifestyle 1
because of time 1
brought up this way 1
cant eat the amount you are supposed to eat 1
children eat it 2
children eat most and harfdly any left when it comes to me 1
chocoholic 1
chocolate tastes better 1
chocolate tastes better and there are other preferable options 1
choice of diet 1
depends on meal sfor that particular day 1
depends when goes shopping day of week 1
diet choice 3
difficult timewise to eat such in plant area 1
difficult to carry in lorry without it getting beaten up 1
difficult to eat at midday 1
difficulty chewing due to brace fitted 1
disagree with me 1
do not seem to fit it into my diet 1
does not fit into life style 1
does not think about that 1
doesn' think about it always 1
don't always fancy them 1
dont get round to it 1
dont get the time because oif job, cant eat regular time 1
dont have enough in the house 1
dont have time in the day to get them 1
dont havemuch time 1
dont make a conscious effort to think about it 1
dont think about it 1
dont want to 1
eat as much as she can 1
eat at someone elses place take what is given 1
eat in work 1
eat more convenience foods 1
eat more convience food 1
eat other things 1
eat them because i have to 1
eat too many convenience foods 1
eats convenience foods 1
eats veg but not fruit 1
enjoy carbohydrates and stodgy food 1
feel that I have had sufficent 1
forget not part of routine 1
forget to eat 1
fruit affects my eczema and digestion 1
fruit too acidic for your stomach 1
get out of the habit 1
habbit of not eating them 1
habit 1
habit of not eating them 1
happy with the amount I do eat 1
has never eaten very much fruit and veg/ not a significant part of habitual diet 1
has some allergies to some fruit 1
have got out of the habit 1
have got out the habit of eating veg etc. 1
have hiatus hernia and fruit doesnt agree with me 1
health condition 1
health reasons 2
heard that you eat more 1
hiatus hernia - fruit sticks 1
how much more can I eat 1
husband is diabetic 1
i am not a fruity person dj \ 1
i cannot find the time to cook 1
i don't know i just dont think about it 1
i eat quite a lot already 1
i ha vent a routine of fitting it in 1
i have to think to actually eat it,usually i get something else as its easier 1
i like fruit but not vegetables 1
i like veg but i dxont go for fruit 1
i never think of vegitables when im shopping 1
i rarely buy them,i prefer the taste of fast quick foods 1
i think the daily recommende amount is alot to eat and old eating habits are hard to change 1
i'd rather eat a packet of crisps,don't really fancy them 1
iDO NOT EAT DURING THE DAY and it is not easy to get 5 portions in on the edvening meal 1
im happy with the amount i eat 1
it depends on the time I have 1
just dont 1
just dont eat as much fruit/no reason/- 1
just dont get around to cooking them 1
just habit 1
just the way i eat 1
kids eat more then i do, whoever gets there first 1
lack of apitite 1
lack of discplinne 1
lack of time 1
life style always on move 1
life style means a lot of travelling 1
life style too busy to cook them very often 1
living on own no time 1
lost the habit now used to eat more 1
mainly live on takeaways not containing fruit or veg 1
medical problem associated with eating fruit and veg 1
medical reasons - colostomy 1
messy sticky hands 1
mostly eat snack type meals 1
mother cooks and so veg intake is set by her 1
need to be inthe notion 1
no particular reason 3
no real reason 1
no reason 4
not a big eater 2
not able to answer 1
not digestable 1
not enough fruit rather eat a bun 1
not enough hours in day to buy or when bought eat fruit and veg 1
not enough time 3
not enough time to go shopping 1
not in routine 1
not in the habit 1
not interested in food 1
not mad keen 1
not part of choice of meal ie one pot chilli etc 1
not something i think of buying 1
not worth cooking vegetables for myself 1
only fresh liked 1
only have 1 meal with veg per day 1
only like certaIN TYPES 1
only one meal a day 2
other things have more appeal 1
out of habit 1
prefere none fruit alternative 1
prefere stoggie food 1
rushed at work. too easy to eat junk 1
same 1
seasonal preference 1
see note 2
short of time 1
single person may waste food 1
slips my ,mind - I know what I should be having 1
some don't suit us 1
some indigestible 1
tempted into Macdonalds, too many about 1
tend to buy frozen because they dont get wasted 1
the meals i like generaly do not include fruit and vegetables 1
the time aspect, the time it takes to go out and buy them 1
the type of menu offered at work 1
there's never any in the fruit bowl/I'm not really fussed, i don't think about it 1
time 1
time and forgetting 1
time and availability 1
time and don't eat salad in winter 1
time constraints - buying AND preparation 1
time constraints on preparation and purchase of fruit & veg 1
time factor 1
time not very organised shopping 1
time pressures/life style 1
too busy a lifestyle 1
too many convenience foods 1
uor age 1
usually cook food that does not require vegetables 1
veg yes but fond of fruit 1
we eat far too many convenience foods 1
when you're at work its difficult to eat enough fruit and veg because you're working all the time 1
why dont we! 1
wife doesnot buy enough 1
wife sometimes buys ready meals with no fruit and veg content 1
work routines 1
working in a restaurant i don't really have a lot of time and also i eat a lot at the place i work 1
working routines 1
working shifts makes difficult 1
works from car and not conveinient 1
works in elctronics - acid on hands not allowed/ no time to peel fruit 1
works night strange eating habits 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, February 2002
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;Adults;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study, monthly (up to year 2000), 8 cycles per year thereafter.