Health concern, food choice motives, and attitudes toward healthy eating: The mediating role of food choice motives

Appetite ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Hua Christine Sun
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Food Choice Motives

scholarly journals Perceptual salience influences food choices independently of health and taste preferences

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Dai ◽  
Jeremy Cone ◽  
Jeff Moher
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Taste Preference ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Perceptual Salience ◽  
Choice Tests

Abstract Background Making decisions about food is a critical part of everyday life and a principal concern for a number of public health issues. Yet, the mechanisms involved in how people decide what to eat are not yet fully understood. Here, we examined the role of visual attention in healthy eating intentions and choices. We conducted two-alternative forced choice tests of competing food stimuli that paired healthy and unhealthy foods that varied in taste preference. We manipulated their perceptual salience such that, in some cases, one food item was more perceptually salient than the other. In addition, we manipulated the cognitive load and time pressure to test the generalizability of the salience effect. Results Manipulating salience had a powerful effect on choice in all situations; even when an unhealthy but tastier food was presented as an alternative, healthy food options were selected more often when they were perceptually salient. Moreover, in a second experiment, food choices on one trial impacted food choices on subsequent trials; when a participant chose the healthy option, they were more likely to choose a healthy option again on the next trial. Furthermore, robust effects of salience on food choice were observed across situations of high cognitive load and time pressure. Conclusions These results have implications both for understanding the mechanisms of food-related decision-making and for implementing interventions that might make it easier for people to make healthy eating choices.

scholarly journals Perseverative Cognition and Snack Choice: An Online Pilot Investigation

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Timothy M. Eschle ◽  
Dane McCarrick
Keyword(s):  
Food Choice ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Risk Behaviours ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Perseverative Cognition ◽  
Pilot Investigation ◽  
Perseverative Thinking ◽  
Snack Consumption ◽  
Unhealthy Snacks

Perseverative cognition (PC), consisting of worry and rumination, has been consistently linked to a variety of poorer health outcomes, namely via the worsening of stress-induced health risk behaviours. However, research into PC and unhealthy food choice, a key health behaviour, still remains relatively unexplored. In the current pilot investigation, 284 participants were recruited to take part in an online food choice paradigm before completing the Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire (PTQ) and the Brief State Rumination Inventory (BSRI). As a reduced availability of unhealthy snacks has been shown to improve snack choice, participants were randomly allocated to either an even condition (a 3:3 ratio of ≤99 kcal and ≥199 kcal snacks) or an uneven condition (a 4:2 ratio in favour of ≤99 kcal snacks). It was hypothesized that higher levels of PC may predict greater instances of poorer snack choices across, or even within, this paradigm. Despite an increase availability of lower calorie snacks leading to a healthier snack choice, both state and trait PC measures did not significantly influence snack choice irrespective of this varying availability. Although, marginal trends were found for higher state PC and higher calorie crisp selections. The current pilot therefore adds to the growing literature advocating for the use of behavioural economic tactics to engender healthier food choices, yet further work is needed to unpick the mediating role of PC (and its components) in snack consumption paradigms.

scholarly journals Liking for and consumption of vegetables in European adolescents: Healthy eating, liking, food neophobia and food choice motives

2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (OCE3) ◽  
Author(s):  
K.M. Appleton ◽  
C. Dinnella ◽  
S. Spinelli ◽  
D. Morizet ◽  
L. Saulais ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
Food Neophobia ◽  
Food Choice Motives

scholarly journals Health Perception and Food Choice Factors in Predicting Healthy Consumption Among Elderly

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 1527-1534
Author(s):  
Dagmar Lesáková
Keyword(s):  
Health Beliefs ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Health Perception ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Food Choice Motives ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Health Beliefs And Attitudes

The main objective of the paper is to explore the impact of health perception and food choice factors on healthy food consumption among elderly and to indicate how different food choice motives influence the eating behaviour of elderly population. In our research we explore six food choice factors and their manifestation in attitudes towards healthy consumption. The purpose of the exploration of health perception is to identify seniors beliefs about food and health‑related aspects. Empirical research was conducted on a random sample of 400 elderly participants aged above 65 years and living in their own flats. Non‑probability sampling in the form of convenience sampling was employed. The relationship between health beliefs and attitudes towards healthy eating behaviour was confirmed with employing multiple regression analysis. We conclude that both health beliefs and food choice factors investigated in the research are important determinants of seniors’ healthy consumption, however with different effect on healthy eating behaviour.

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of Sexual Self-esteem in the Relationship Between Marital Quality and Psychological Adaptation to Illness in Women with Chronic Pain Illness

2021 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Esmaeil Sadri Damirchi ◽  
Nader Ayadi ◽  
Shahriar Dargahi ◽  
Soleiman Ahmad Bukani ◽  
Saeed Pireinaladin
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Marital Quality ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Psychological Adaptation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Positive Relationships ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Chronic pain is recognized as an important public health concern that leads to significant economic and social problems. Thus, identifying variables affecting the psychological adaptation of patients with chronic pain is necessary to prepare an effective intervention and treatment program. Objectives: This study investigated the mediating role of sexual self-esteem in the relationship between marital quality and psychological adaptation to disease in women with chronic pain. Methods: This descriptive-analytic study of correlation type was conducted on 200 women with chronic pain admitted to orthopedic centers in Ardabil City, Iran. The participants were selected using the available sampling method. The Psychological Adaptation questionnaire, the Sexual Self-Esteem scale, and the Marital Relationship Quality questionnaire were used to collect data. The standard mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation, and multiple regressions were used for data analysis. Results: The findings revealed significant positive relationships between marital quality (r = 0.49) (P < 0.01) and sexual self-esteem (r = 0.60) (P < 0.01) with psychological adaptation. Moreover, significant positive relationships were found between marital quality and sexual self-esteem (r = 0.48) (P < 0.01). Sexual self-esteem also mediated the relationship between marital quality and psychological adaptation (β = 0.23) (P < 0.01). Conclusions: The study revealed that sexual self-esteem served a fully mediating role between marital quality and psychological adaptation in women with chronic pain. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to pay attention to sexual self-esteem’s role in therapeutic interventions related to these women.

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