A conceptual model of the food choice process over the life course.

Sobal, Jeffery; Bisogni, Carole A.; Devine, Carol M.; Jastran, Margaret

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“…The occurrence of negative as well as positive correlations on the relative level is Table 2 Age-adjusted correlations between absolute and relative food choice motives by gender: sub-sample of men and women aged 25- understandable in that each motive was divided by the individual mean ratings across all motives in order to determine its relative importance. People commonly prioritize food choice motives, given that it is rare for all personally important motives to be fully satisfied in any particular eating situation (17,18) , and relative motive variables produce the prioritizing mathematically. One problem related to relative motives is that they do not capture individual differences in the level of involvement with food, some consumers being enthusiastic about every aspect of it and others being extremely uninvolved (45) .…”

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“…A limitation of earlier studies is that they focus only on the absolute importance of food-related motives. Conflicts between personally relevant motives are common in specific food choice situations, making it necessary for individuals to prioritize them (17,18) . Price, taste and convenience can act as barriers to buying healthy food items, for example (19) .…”

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Socio-economic disparities in the consumption of vegetables, fruit and energy-dense foods: the role of motive priorities

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Sarlio-Lähteenkorva

Silventoinen

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Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: A low socio-economic status (SES) is related to less healthy dietary habits, but the reasons for this remain unclear. We examined whether the absolute or relative importance of various food choice motives contributed to SES disparities in vegetable/fruit and energy-dense food intake. Design: We analysed cross-sectional data from the FINRISK Study 2007 by means of structural equation modelling and used a shortened version of the Food Choice Questionnaire to assess the absolute importance of health, pleasure, convenience, price, familiarity and ethicality motives. We calculated the relative importance of each motive by dividing the participant's rating of it by his/her mean score on all motives. Dietary intake was measured with an FFQ. Setting: A population-based survey in Finland. Subjects: Men (n 1691) and women (n 2059) aged 25-64 years. Results: Higher education and income were related to a greater vegetable/fruit intake (b 5 0?12, P , 0?001), while education was associated negatively with the consumption of energy-dense foods (b 5 20?09, P , 0?001). Socio-economically disadvantaged individuals considered price and/or familiarity more important in their food choices in both absolute and relative terms. A higher income was related to a greater relative importance of health considerations. Relative motives were more strongly associated with vegetable/fruit and energy-dense food consumption than absolute motives and the relative importance of price, familiarity and health partly mediated the effects of the SES indicators on the consumption of these food items. Conclusions: Individual priorities in food choice motives, rather than the absolute importance of single motives, play a role in producing SES disparities in diet.

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Socio-economic disparities in the consumption of vegetables, fruit and energy-dense foods: the role of motive priorities

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Sarlio-Lähteenkorva

Silventoinen

et al. 2012

Public Health Nutr.

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“…In an aggregate form, food choice creates the consumer demand for suppliers in the food system who produce, process, and distribute food (Sobal, Khan, & Bisogni, 1998). Food choice also plays an essential role in the symbolic, economic, and social aspects of life as it is a way to express preferences, identities, and cultural meanings (Sobal et al, 2006). Food intake refers to the amount of food actually consumed by an individual (Kissileff & Van Itallie, 1982).…”

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Factors influencing tourist food consumption

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Eves

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“…Indeed, nutrition and dietetics has promoted itself as a science-based profession and continues to espouse the biomedical model of research and practice (3) . Despite the usefulness of quantitative research, qualitative research methodologies are equally needed to allow researchers to better understand the important social and environmental factors affecting food choice and eating habits (1,4,5) . These factors are best examined through exploring people's perceptions and meaning-making of food experiences in their everyday lives (6) .…”

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The importance of stories in understanding people’s relationship to food: narrative inquiry methodology has much to offer the public health nutrition researcher and practitioner

O’Kane

Pamphilon

2015

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Objective: Despite the usefulness of quantitative research, qualitative research methodologies are equally needed to allow researchers to better understand the important social and environmental factors affecting food choice and eating habits. The present paper contributes insights from narrative inquiry, a well-established qualitative methodology, to a food-related doctoral research study. The connections between food shoppers and the producer, family, friends and others in the food system, between eaters and the earth, and how these connections affect people's meaning-making of food and pathways to food citizenship, were explored in the research. Design: The research used narrative inquiry methodology and focus groups for data collection. Setting: Five different food-ways in the Canberra region of Australia were selected for the present research; that is, community gardens, community-supported agriculture, farmers' markets, fresh food markets and supermarkets. Subjects: Fifty-two people voluntarily attended eight focus groups with four to nine participants in each. Results: From a practical perspective, the present paper offers a guide to the way in which narrative inquiry has been applied to one research project. The paper describes the application of narrative inquiry methodology, revealing the important place of narratives in generating new knowledge. The paper further outlines how phased narrative analysis can lead to a defensible and rigorous interpretive framework grounded in the data generated from people's stories and meaning-making. Conclusions: We argue that individual, social and system change will not be possible without further rigorous qualitative studies to inform and complement the empirical basis of public health nutrition practice.

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A conceptual model of the food choice process over the life course.

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Socio-economic disparities in the consumption of vegetables, fruit and energy-dense foods: the role of motive priorities

Socio-economic disparities in the consumption of vegetables, fruit and energy-dense foods: the role of motive priorities

Factors influencing tourist food consumption

The importance of stories in understanding people’s relationship to food: narrative inquiry methodology has much to offer the public health nutrition researcher and practitioner

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