Healthy eating and behaviour change

Ludden, Geke; Hermsen, Sander

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“…Although digital tools for healthy nutrition have shown great potential to improve health outcomes, enhance patient experience in health care, and control or reduce costs, their actual impact remains variable. One of the main reasons for this is the fact that digital solutions often offer an approach that does not fit users’ needs and barriers, putting too much effort into knowledge attainment and too little into dealing with everyday practices and habits and social and cultural aspects of nutrition [ 9 ].…”

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Low– and Medium–Socioeconomic-Status Group Members’ Perceived Challenges and Solutions for Healthy Nutrition: Qualitative Focus Group Study

Hermsen¹,

Kraaij²,

Camps³

2022

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Background Although digital tools for healthy nutrition have shown great potential, their actual impact remains variable as digital solutions often do not fit users’ needs and barriers. This is especially poignant for priority communities in society. Involving these groups in citizen science may have great benefits even beyond the increase in knowledge of the lives and experiences of these groups. However, this requires specialized skills. Participants from priority groups could benefit from an approach that offers sensitization and discussion to help them voice their needs regarding healthy nutrition and technology to support healthy eating. Objective This study aimed to gather insights into people’s thoughts on everyday eating practices, self-regulation in healthy eating, and skill acquisition and on applying technological innovations to these domains. Methods Participants answered 3 daily questionnaires to garner their current practices regarding habits, self-regulation, skills, and technology use surrounding healthy eating and make it easier for them to collect their thoughts and experiences (sensitization). Within a week of filling out the 3 questionnaires, participants took part in a web-based focus group discussion session. All sessions were transcribed and analyzed using a thematic qualitative approach. Results A total of 42 people took part in 7 focus group interviews of 6 people each. The analysis showed that participants would like to receive support from technology for a broad range of aspects of nutrition, such as measuring the effect their personal nutrition has on their individual health, providing them with reliable product information, giving them practical guidance for healthy eating and snacking, and reducing the burden of registering food intake. Technology should be easy to use, reduce burdens, and be tailored to personal situations. Privacy and cost were major concerns for the participants. Conclusions This study shows that people from low– and medium–socioeconomic-status groups have a need for specific support in tailoring their knowledge of healthy nutrition to their own situation and see technology as a means to achieve this.

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Low– and Medium–Socioeconomic-Status Group Members’ Perceived Challenges and Solutions for Healthy Nutrition: Qualitative Focus Group Study

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Kraaij²,

Camps³

2022

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Low- and Medium Socio-economic Status Group Members’ perceived challenges and solutions for (technology for) healthy nutrition: A qualitative focus group study (Preprint)

Hermsen¹,

Kraaij²,

Camps³

2022

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BACKGROUND Although digital tools for healthy nutrition have shown great potential, their actual impact remains variable, because digital solutions often do not fit users’ needs and barriers. This is especially poignant for priority communities in society. Involving these groups in Citizen Science may have great benefits, even beyond the increase of knowledge about the lives and experiences of these groups. However, this requires specialised skills. Participants from priority groups could benefit from an approach that offers sensitization, gentle and safe provocation, and discussion, to help them voice their needs regarding (digital technology for) healthy nutrition. OBJECTIVE The study aims to gather insights on people’s thoughts on (applying technological innovations for) everyday eating practices, in self-regulation (for instance of snacking), and skill acquisition. METHODS Participants answered three daily questionnaires, to garner their current practices regarding habits, self-regulation, skills, and technology use surrounding healthy eating, and to make it easier for them to collect their thoughts and experiences (sensitisation). Within a week after filling out the three questionnaires, participants took part in an online focus group discussion session. Part of this discussion was a brief ‘provotyping’ exercise in which participants were presented with digital solutions for measuring health determinants. All sessions were transcribed and analysed using a thematic qualitative approach. RESULTS 42 people took part in 7 focus group interviews of six people each. The analysis showed that participants would like to receive support from technology for a broad range of aspects of nutrition, such as in measuring the effect their personal nutrition has on their individual health; providing them with reliable product information; giving them practical guidance for healthy eating and snacking; and reducing the burden of registering food intake. Technology should be easy to use, reduce burdens, and be tailored to personal situations. Privacy and cost are major concerns to the participants. CONCLUSIONS The present study shows that people from low and medium-socioeconomic status groups have a need for specific support in tailoring their knowledge of healthy nutrition to their own situation, and see technology as a means to achieve this.

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Healthy eating and behaviour change

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Low– and Medium–Socioeconomic-Status Group Members’ Perceived Challenges and Solutions for Healthy Nutrition: Qualitative Focus Group Study

Low– and Medium–Socioeconomic-Status Group Members’ Perceived Challenges and Solutions for Healthy Nutrition: Qualitative Focus Group Study

Low- and Medium Socio-economic Status Group Members’ perceived challenges and solutions for (technology for) healthy nutrition: A qualitative focus group study (Preprint)

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