Male attitudes towards healthy eating

Abstract

Investigates male attitudes towards healthy eating and makes comparisons with a group of women of similar age and socio-economic status. Claims the results indicate that men are less likely to use books and magazines as a source of nutrition information and are less likely to buy or eat products advertised as "low calorie", "diet" or "lite". However, products which are labelled "low fat" are more likely to be eaten by men, suggesting that reducing dietary fat is the part of the healthy eating message which has been adsorbed most effectively by men. Finds less interest in healthy eating among older men, although it was not clear whether the men interviewed who were aged over 56 years played a major role in food choice decision making within their individual families.

Food for thought: parents' perspectives of child influence

“…Healthy food may be considered more expensive to purchase than junk food, a factor identified as a barrier to healthy eating in research conducted by the Canadian Diabetes Association (2002). There is evidence to suggest that people in low income groups spend proportionally more of their income on food than those in higher income groups (Ralph et al, 1996). Shepherd et al (1996) suggest this may have a negative impact on healthy eating practices.…”

“…Brown et al (2000) suggest that, if parents hold negative views in relation to nutritionally balanced changes in their own food behaviour, it is likely that such traits will be copied by their children. As well as this, travelling to purchase healthier foods, storage and cooking facilities are other influences that may also have an effect on food choice the parents purchase for their children (Ralph et al, 1996).…”

The relationship between nutritional knowledge, attitudes and dietary fat consumption in male students

“…Research has shown that males hold more negative attitudes than females towards making dietary changes (Lloyd et al, 1993;Steptoe et al, 1995), and more positive attitudes towards high fat foods (Shepherd & Stockley, 1985). It therefore follows that men may be less likely to consume`diet' and low fat products (Ralph et al, 1996). As men constitute an important target for health promotion, a greater understanding of the influence of nutritional knowledge and attitudes in this population is needed.…”

Opinião de consumidores do município de Campinas (SP) sobre riscos à saúde provenientes dos alimentos

“…Porém, em diversos países as pesquisas descrevem grande preocupação dos entrevistados com a gordura e o colesterol dos alimentos. Esses estudos internacionais realizados com os consumidores explicam os motivos que influenciam essa preocupação, que são entre outros: as mudanças e a divulgação das recomendações nutricionais, sugerindo a redução da ingestão de gorduras; as propagandas das indústrias alimentícias sobre produtos com reduzido teor de gordura e colesterol; e a veiculação pela mídia de resultados de estudos sobre a relação entre dieta e doenças (BARTLAN, 1993;RALPH et al, 1996;CRANE et al 1999;HAMILTON et al, 2000).…”

“…É possível observar pela Tabela 4 que as mulheres (61,8%) citaram bem mais que os homens (40,9%), o grupo dos nutrientes e componentes dos alimentos. Esse interesse maior das mulheres também foi relatado nos trabalhos de Wandel (1994), Ralph (1996), Papp et al (1997), Moon et al (1998).…”