Assessing the importance of health and nutrition related factors on food demand: a variable preference investigation

Tepper, Beverly J.; Rosenzweig, Lee

doi:10.1080/000368499323067

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“…Chi-square value for the effect of age on nutrition knowledge was also significant (p ≤ 0.008 and χ 2 = 13.78). Similar result was reported by Tepper and Rosenzweig, (1999) who indicated there is a positive relationship between age and fruit and vegetable consumption and a negative relationship between age and sugar and sweets consumption. These results are different from those reported by Mansour and Hassan (1994) who reported that the chi square value for the effect of age on knowledge was insignificant in Saudi Arabia.…”

Section: Changes Of Eating Patternssupporting

confidence: 88%

Effect of Acculturation on Nutritional Dietary Habits of Arab Women Living in Ireland

Morsy

2014

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This study was conducted to investigate the influence of acculturation on food practices, habit changes, food preferences, and nutritional awareness among Arabic women living in Ireland compared with their original behaviour in their own countries. Arabic adult females aged of eighteen years or older who had lived in Ireland for at least six months were personally interviewed to fill a specially designed questionnaire sheet. The questionnaire sheet concerned with females' personal and demographic data and information related to their nutritional attitudes. Data included age, weight, height, country of origin, marital status, number of children, employment status, and length of residence in Ireland of the participants, nutritional awareness and changes occurred in their dietary and eating habits after living in Ireland. The collected data revealed that high percentage of the women (70%) came from African Arabic countries with average body mass index (BMI) of 26.587 that considered as an overweight indicator. About half (47.5%) of the females finished high education and tended to decrease their meals from three to only two meals per day by skipping the dinner meal. About three quarter of the sample (72.5%) changed their dietary habits in different manners such as decreasing the number of meals per day (47.5%) and the timing of the meals to be earlier (60%). Also, about 40% of the Arabic women residing in Ireland get used to have the Irish breakfast, especially in week days, while most of them preferred to eat Arabic breakfast during weekends. Meanwhile, 77.5% of them reported that their consumption of snacks increased because these kinds of foods are more affordable and accessible in Ireland. The statistical analysis using chi-square (χ 2) test indicated that there was significant differences in the nutritional knowledge score among women of different educational levels with χ 2 =10.416 (P≥0.033) and in women with different length of residence in Ireland as χ 2 =10.867 (P ≥0.028).

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Effect of Acculturation on Nutritional Dietary Habits of Arab Women Living in Ireland

Morsy

2014

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“…Low SES, among other factors, can be predictive of lower than adequate purchase/intake of fruits and vegetables (17,18,20,111). Other studies have shown that both low income and low educational attainment have similar effects on food consumption, and have been associated with lower consumption (15,22,34,112,113) and reduced purchasing (41, 114, 115) of vegetables compared to high-income counterparts. Therefore, to further dissect the consumer expenditure patterns as a function of SES, the consumer population was divided into two groups, low-vs. high-income, and analyses were (3) fresh prepared: including all types of salad (e.g., store-prepared salads or manufacturer-prepared salads), as well as appetizers or small plates prepared with vegetables;…”

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Exploring Pathways of Socioeconomic Inequity in Vegetable Expenditure Among Consumers Participating in a Grocery Loyalty Program in Quebec, Canada, 2015–2017

McRae

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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Vegetable consumption remains consistently low despite supportive policy and investments across the world. Vegetables are available in great variety, ranging in their processing level, availability, cost, and arguably, nutritional value. A retrospective longitudinal study was conducted in Quebec, Canada to explore pathways of socioeconomic inequity in vegetable expenditure. Data was obtained for consumers who participated in a grocery loyalty program from 2015 to 2017 and linked to the 2016 Canadian census. Vegetable expenditure share (%) was examined as a fraction of the overall food basket and segmented by processing level. Panel random effects and tobit models were used overall and to estimate the stratified analysis by median income split. Consumers allocated 8.35% of their total food expenditure to vegetables, which was mostly allocated to non-processed fresh (6.88%). Vegetable expenditure share was the highest in early winter and lowest in late summer. In the stratified analysis, the low-income group exhibited less seasonal variation, allocated less to fresh vegetables, and spent more on canned and frozen compared to the high-income group. Measures of socioeconomic status were all significant drivers of overall vegetable consumption. Consumers with high post-secondary education in the low-income group spent 2% more on vegetables than those with low education. The complexity of observed expenditure patterns points to a need for more specific vegetable consumption guidelines that include provisions by processing level. Implications for education, marketing, intersectional policies, and the role of government are discussed. Governments can scale present efforts and catalyze health-promoting investments across local, state, national, and global food systems.

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“…In both cases, the perceived probability of a harm is arguably low in the United States, but for different reasons. This simple framework suggests that, when specifying theoretical models relating to harms, researchers should recognize risk perceptions, how they are structured, their potential changes over time, as well as consumer demographic variables (see Tepper and Rosenzweig (1999), Messer et al (2011) and Piggott and Marsh (2004) for examples of this type of specification).…”

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Reconstructing market reactions to consumption harms

McCullough¹,

Marsh²,

Huffaker³

2013

Applied Economics Letters

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We investigate dynamic market reactions from harmful events using phase space reconstruction to analyse nonlinear dynamical systems. Phase space reconstruction analysis is applied to US beef consumption data, demonstrating market deviations and transitions from plausible, stable consumption patterns in response to product attributes (latent or nonlatent) coinciding with longer or shorter term human health harms (e.g. cholesterol) or food safety harms (e.g. Escherichia coli and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)). The results support complex, nonlinear dynamic behavioural responses to perceived consumption harms. Consistent with previous research, the perceived negative long-run health effect from cholesterol caused consumers to transition their consumption behaviour from a higher to a lower level while retaining a persistent seasonal pattern. In contrast, responses to food safety information (i.e. E. coli or BSE) about beef derived from phase space reconstruction demonstrated temporary deviations from stable consumption patterns.

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Assessing the importance of health and nutrition related factors on food demand: a variable preference investigation

Cited by 26 publications

References 16 publications

Effect of Acculturation on Nutritional Dietary Habits of Arab Women Living in Ireland

Effect of Acculturation on Nutritional Dietary Habits of Arab Women Living in Ireland

Exploring Pathways of Socioeconomic Inequity in Vegetable Expenditure Among Consumers Participating in a Grocery Loyalty Program in Quebec, Canada, 2015–2017

Reconstructing market reactions to consumption harms

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