42 research outputs found
Associations between Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Total Energy, Carbohydrate, and Fat Intakes: A Systematic Review
Get PDFSelf-identified strategies to manage intake of tempting foods: cross-sectional and prospective associations with BMI and snack intake
Get PDFObjectives:Individuals often use self-directed strategies to manage intake of tempting foods, but what these strategies are and whether they are effective is not well understood. This study assessed the frequency of use and subjective effectiveness of self-directed strategies in relation to BMI and snack intake.Design:A cross-sectional and prospective study with three timepoints (T1: baseline, T2: 3 months, T3: 3 years). At T1, demographics, frequency of use and subjective effectiveness of 41 identified strategies were assessed. At T2 and T3, current weight was reported, and at T2 frequency of snack intake was also recorded.Setting:Online study in the UK.Participants:Data from N=368 participants (Mage=34.41 years; MBMI=25.06 kg/m2) was used for analysis at T1, N=170 (46.20% of the total sample) at T2 and N=51 (13.59%) at T3.Results:Two strategy factors were identified via principal axis factoring: 1) Diet, exercise, reduction of temptations, and cognitive strategies, and 2) Planning, preparation and eating style. For strategy 1, frequency of use, but not subjective effectiveness, was positively related to BMI at T1. Subjective effectiveness predicted an increase in BMI from T1 and T2 to T3. No relationship to snack intake was found. For strategy 2, frequency of use was negatively related to BMI at T1. Neither frequency of use nor subjective effectiveness were related to changes in BMI over time, but subjective effectiveness was negatively correlated with unhealthy snack intake.Conclusion:Self-directed strategies to reduce the intake of tempting foods are not consistently related to BMI or snack intake
Understanding everyday strategies used to manage indulgent food consumption: A mixed-methods design
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Effect of food variety on intake of a meal: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Get PDFA systematic review and meta-analysis exploring the effect of food variety on food intake (the variety effect)
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Association between weight stability and different psychological traits
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Association between weight management profiles and different psychological traits: a secondary data analysis
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Influence of COVID on changes in choice of strategies to manage food intake
No full textThis is a follow-up of a previous online survey in light of the lockdowns due to the COVID pandemic as part of an undergraduate project. We were interested if the frequency of use and perceived effectiveness of a range of strategies to manage the intake of tempting foods (identified in a previous qualitative study by Gatzemeier et al, 2019) as well as how BMI changed between the original study before COVID and during COVID. Additionally, potential influences of changes in eating behaviour, living and working conditions due to COVID were investigated
A mixed-methods exploration of regular consumers’ experiences of plant-based meat alternatives (PBMA) in Singapore and the United Kingdom
No full textResearch on plant-based meat alternatives (PBMA) often focuses on its initial acceptance among new consumers with limited investigation into consumers who regularly incorporate PBMA in their diets. This study used a mixed methods approach to investigate PBMA consumption patterns, including motivations and barriers to sustained consumption, among 404 regular consumers (defined as PBMA consumption of at least once a week) in Singapore and the UK (SG: n=228; UK: n=176; 57.9% women; 69.8% aged 21-40 years old). Quantitative results showed similar PBMA consumption between Singapore and the UK (p=.498) but motives and barriers to sustained consumption and their consumer characteristics (i.e., food choice motives, food neophobia) were significantly different (p<.001). UK consumers showed greater agreement with motivational statements and were more sustainability-driven while Singapore consumers showed greater agreement with barrier statements and valued the impact of food on their body more. Product-related motives (β=.22, p<.001) and accessibility barriers (β=.15, p=.024) predicted overall PBMA consumption in both countries. Qualitative results suggest that whilst UK and Singapore consumers were satisfied with PBMA, they wanted higher nutritional quality, greater accessibility to affordable options and a wider variety. Further improvements in these areas could encourage repeated purchases and support the long-term adoption of PBMA
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Western consumers' willingness to try insect-based burgers after an environmental, nutritional or trending norm cue
No full textThe meat consumption in many countries increases and with it a higher need for land, water and other resources. However, a movement towards a more sustainable diet can be seen, including a vegetarian and vegan diet, as well as including insects in the diet. While insects are shown to be a valuable protein source with comparable little use of resources and production of CO2, the willingess to eat products containing insects is very low in Western cultures.
A range of factors which influence this willingess were identified such as sustainability, familiarity, nutritional value, social norms, and neophobia.
Our study aims to identify the influence of increasing or creating an awareness of the environmental or nutritional impact of including insects in your diet on the willingness to try an insect-based burger, the amount people would be willing to pay, the disgust towards the insect burger, and the readiness to adopt the insect burger as meat alternative, compared to informing participants about a trending norm of eating insects and a control
