Leaving home: Food choice behavior of young German adults

Harker, Debra; Sharma, Bishnu; Harker, Michael; Reinhard, Karin

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.02.007

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“…Thirty‐four studies articles were included. The majority of studies (15/34) were conducted in the USA , followed by Australia (8/34) , England (4/34) and one in Scotland (1/34) , Canada (1/34) , Sweden (1/34) , The Netherlands (1/34) , Bahrain (1/34) , Germany (1/34) and Belgium (1/34) . The studies included were all published after 2005 and distributed throughout the next 10 years from 2006 to 2015.…”

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The barriers and enablers of healthy eating among young adults: a missing piece of the obesity puzzle: A scoping review

2016

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Young adults in Western countries are gaining weight faster than their parents and are more likely to gain weight than any other age cohort. Despite this, investigation into the complex young adults' food choice motives, which enable and prevent healthy eating, has not been widely investigated. A scoping review was conducted involving an extensive literature search of four major electronic databases: Medline, Embase, PsychInfo and CINAHL. Data were collected from 34 articles: study descriptions numerically analysed and key findings thematically analysed. The key barriers found included: male apathy towards diet; unhealthy diet of friends and family; expected consumption of unhealthy foods in certain situations; relative low cost of unhealthy foods; lack of time to plan, shop, prepare and cook healthy foods; lack of facilities to prepare, cook and store healthy foods; widespread presence of unhealthy foods; lack of knowledge and skills to plan, shop, prepare and cook healthy foods; lack of motivation to eat healthily (including risk-taking behaviour). The key enablers found included: female interest in a healthy diet; healthy diet of friends and family; support/encouragement of friends and family to eat healthy; desire for improved health; desire for weight management; desire for improved self-esteem; desire for attractiveness to potential partners and others; possessing autonomous motivation to eat healthy and existence and use of self-regulatory skills. This research provides evidence that can be used to tailor interventions for healthy eating and overweight and obesity in this population. However, government intervention in addressing food access, affordability, marketing and taxation remains essential to any significant change.

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“…The studies included were all published after 2005 and distributed throughout the next 10 years from 2006 to 2015. Most of the studies (16/34) were quantitative , 13 of the 34 were qualitative and five of the 34 were mixed method.…”

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The barriers and enablers of healthy eating among young adults: a missing piece of the obesity puzzle: A scoping review

2016

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“…Nutrition education in schools can be successful in promoting awareness and generating healthy habits such as snacking with fruit, as the Italian CDM reported. Such a programme would not have been possible without parents' involvement and their awareness of the importance of nutrition education (20,51) . Furthermore, this exemplifies the need for strategic alliances between concerned actors and stakeholders in carrying out the task of promoting healthy eating which would yield better academic performance and long-term health (35,(48)(49)(50) .…”

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Assessment of evaluations made to healthy eating policies in Europe: a review within the EATWELL Project

Pérez-Cueto

Aschemann‐Witzel

Shankar

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Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To identify and assess healthy eating policies at national level which have been evaluated in terms of their impact on awareness of healthy eating, food consumption, health outcome or cost/benefit. Design: Review of policy documents and their evaluations when available. Setting: European Member States. Subjects: One hundred and twenty-one policy documents revised, 107 retained. Results: Of the 107 selected interventions, twenty-two had been evaluated for their impact on awareness or knowledge and twenty-seven for their impact on consumption. Furthermore sixteen interventions provided an evaluation of health impact, while three actions specifically measured any cost/benefit ratio. The indicators used in these evaluations were in most cases not comparable. Evaluation was more often found for public information campaigns, regulation of meals at schools/canteens and nutrition education programmes. Conclusions: The study highlights the need not only to develop harmonized and verifiable procedures but also indicators for measuring effectiveness and success and for comparing between interventions and countries. EU policies are recommended to provide a set of indicators that may be measured consistently and regularly in all countries. Furthermore, public information campaigns should be accompanied by other interventions, as evaluations may show an impact on awareness and intention, but rarely on consumption patterns and health outcome.

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“…Multiple campaign initiatives have been launched in the past decade seeking to drive the consumption of fruits and vegetables in the U.S. and other countries (e.g., Harker et al, 2010;Moisio & Beruchashvili, 2010;Stice, Shaw, & Marti, 2006)…”

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Effects of Consumer Weight Level and Advertising Appeals on Consumer Attitude Toward Food and Advertisements

Rickard

Brown

2014

Journal of Food Products Marketing

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This study examines the link between consumer weight level, food type, and consumer attitude toward both food and food advertisements. Further, this research explores how food advertisements containing emotional or informational claims influence the attitudes of overweight and normal-weight consumers. Two experiments were conducted to study the interaction between weight levels, food types (meat vs. vegetables), and advertising appeals (emotional vs. informational). The results showed mixed support for the six hypotheses. The findings indicate that consumer weight level interacts with food types, and emotional/information appeals affecting food evaluation and attitudes toward food advertisements. Managerial implications for food manufacturers and advertisers are discussed.

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Leaving home: Food choice behavior of young German adults

Cited by 26 publications

References 30 publications

The barriers and enablers of healthy eating among young adults: a missing piece of the obesity puzzle: A scoping review

The barriers and enablers of healthy eating among young adults: a missing piece of the obesity puzzle: A scoping review

Assessment of evaluations made to healthy eating policies in Europe: a review within the EATWELL Project

Effects of Consumer Weight Level and Advertising Appeals on Consumer Attitude Toward Food and Advertisements

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