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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Existing theoretical frameworks suggest that healthy eating is facilitated by an individual’s ability, motivation and environmental opportunities. It is

plausible, although largely untested, that the importance of factors related to ability and motivation differ under varied environmental conditions. This study aimed to determine whether the

magnitude of associations between fruit and vegetable consumption and intrapersonal factors (ability and motivation) were modified by differences in access to stores selling these items

(environmental opportunities). SUBJECTS/METHODS:  Cross-sectional analysis of 4335 women from socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the state of Victoria, Australia.

Self-reported fruit and vegetable consumption was assessed against a number of ability- and motivation-related factors. To examine whether associations were modified by store access,

interactions with access to supermarkets and greengrocers within 2 km of participants’ households were tested. RESULTS: Of the two factors related to ability and seven factors related to

motivation, almost all were associated with fruit and vegetable consumption. In general, associations were not modified by store access suggesting that these factors were not tempered by

environmental opportunities. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides little support for the hypothesis that the importance of intra-personal factors to fruit and vegetable consumption is modified

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374241. KEL is supported by a Deakin University Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. KB is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Principal

Research Fellowship, ID 1042442. We are grateful to the READI research staff who assisted with the management of the survey data and the GIS measures used in this study. DISCLOSURE The

funding agencies had no role in the study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of data, writing the report and the decision to submit the report for publication. AUTHOR

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