caa a22 4500 475738985 CHVBK 20180406123454.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005525115828 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005525115828 The Effect of Accuracy of Perceptions of Dietary-Fat Intake on Perceived Risk and Intentions to Change [Elektronische Daten] [Amanda O'Brien, Elizabeth Fries, Deborah Bowen] Consumption of excess fat increases risk for many health problems and diseases. In the present study, 188 undergraduate students were studied to understand self-perceptions of dietary-fat intake and the impact of those perceptions. Findings indicated that the majority of participants had inaccurate perceptions about the amount of fat in their diets. Further, compared to people who overestimated dietary-fat intake, people who underestimated fat intake had lower perceived risk of cancer, had lower intentions to change, and demonstrated less knowledge about the dietary-fat content of many foods. Findings suggest that this unrealistic underestimation of fat intake is a cognitive barrier to dietary change and people who underestimate dietary fat intake may require more intensive intervention to change their diets. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2000 dietary-fat intake nationallicence perceived risk nationallicence intentions to change nationallicence perceptions of health risks nationallicence O'Brien Amanda Virginia Commonwealth University, USA aut Fries Elizabeth Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 842018, 23284-2018, Richmond, Virginia aut Bowen Deborah Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA aut Journal of Behavioral Medicine Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 23/5(2000-10-01), 465-473 0160-7715 23:5<465 2000 23 10865 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005525115828 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005525115828 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- O'Brien Amanda Virginia Commonwealth University, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fries Elizabeth Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Box 842018, 23284-2018, Richmond, Virginia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bowen Deborah Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Behavioral Medicine Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 23/5(2000-10-01), 465-473 0160-7715 23:5<465 2000 23 10865 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer