Influence of sociodemographic factors on eating motivations – modelling through artificial neural networks (ANN)

Guiné, Raquel; Ferrão, Ana Cristina; Ferreira, Manuela; Correia, Paula; Mendes, Mateus; Bartkienė, Elena; Szűcs, Viktória; Tarcea, Monica; Sarić, Marijana Matek; Černelič-Bizjak, Maša; Isoldi, Kathy K.; El-Kenawy, Ayman El-Meghawry; Ferreira, Vanessa Alves; Kļava, Dace; Korzeniowska, Małgorzata; Vittadini, Elena; Leal, Marcela; Frez-Muñoz, Lucía; Παπαγεωργίου, Μαρία; Đjekić, Ilija

doi:10.1080/09637486.2019.1695758

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“…The present study confirms the results of previous studies, which found that the health motivations was one of the most important motivation among adults from different populations [26][27][28]. The results also confirm that health motivations for food choices predominate among urban adults [28,29]. One of the assumptions for this finding is that the nearly equal distribution of men and women, and people of all ages in this study may reduce the demographic influence on food choice motivations [29].…”

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“…The results also confirm that health motivations for food choices predominate among urban adults [28,29]. One of the assumptions for this finding is that the nearly equal distribution of men and women, and people of all ages in this study may reduce the demographic influence on food choice motivations [29]. Second, almost one third of the participants had one of the chronic non-communicable diseases, 33.9% were overweight, and 11.6% were obese, which could increase the health motivations for food choices [26].…”

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Motivations Associated with Food Choices among Adults from Urban Setting

Ilić,

Rumbak,

Dizdarić

et al. 2023

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Motivation for food choices is one of the most important determinant of eating behavior, because it comes from within the person. The aim of this study was to observe food choice motivations and estimate differences in demographic and health characteristics towards food choice motives in the adult population (n = 675; 54% women, ≥18 years) from urban setting. Food choice motivations were assessed using an online questionnaire validated by the EATMOT project. Using K-Means cluster analysis, participants were divided into two clusters of six motivational categories for food choices. Regarding the most and least important motivations, participants in cluster 1 chose food based on emotional motivations, and in cluster 2, they chose based on environmental and political motivations. In addition, younger and obese individuals had more pronounced emotional motivations. In conclusion, this study emphasizes the need to address emotional motivations for healthier food choices among overweight and young people. In addition, the prevalence of health motivations and growing awareness of sustainability indicate a willingness to take actions that benefit personal health and the environment. Apart from providing education, it is society’s responsibility to create an environment that promotes the implementation of acquired knowledge and changes in dietary habits.

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Motivations Associated with Food Choices among Adults from Urban Setting

Ilić,

Rumbak,

Dizdarić

et al. 2023

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“…The questionnaire was developed as a part of the multinational project entitled "Psycho-social motivations associated with food choices and eating practices (EATMOT)". The design of the questionnaire was described in detail in previous works from the project team [24][25][26]. The questionnaire included two parts.…”

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Environmental and Political Determinants of Food Choices: A Preliminary Study in a Croatian Sample

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Production, processing, transporting, selling, and consumption of food are highly resource intensive. Therefore, if they are not well managed the consequences for the environment are far-reaching. This study aimed at investigating behaviors and attitudes of the Croatian population concerning the influence of environmental and political determinants of food choices, and the socio-demographic factors associated with pro-environmental behavior. Data analysis involved a non-probabilistic sample of 1534 adult participants from Croatia who responded to a validated questionnaire from November 2017 to March 2018. To test differences between sociodemographic groups, Welch’s t-test (two groups) and ANOVA (multiple groups) were used. The relationship between age and motivators of food choices was analyzed with Pearson’s r correlation coefficient. Participants reported a neutral rate of agreement with the items, with the exception of items related to food waste and food origin, for which they expressed a moderate amount of agreement. Socio-demographic factors that influence environmentally or politically concerned food choices in our study were age (older participants, p < 0.001), gender (women in comparison to men, p < 0.05), education level (higher education in comparison to elementary/high school, p < 0.05), marital status (married/cohabiting in comparison to unmarried, p < 0.05), responsibility for food supply (those who are responsible for food supply in comparison to those who are not responsible for food supply, p < 0.05), eating practices (participants with specific eating practices in comparison to participants without specific eating practices, p < 0.05), and smoking (those who have never smoked score and those who used to smoke in comparison to active smokers, p < 0.05). The results show that there are no statistically significant differences in environmental and political determinants of food choices based on the place of residence and employment status. The findings indicate that environmental and political determinants do not play a significant role in the food choices among the Croatian population.

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“…As part of a study in 16 countries that investigated psychological and social motivations that influence people's eating patterns (Guiné et al, 2019), Table 4 presents an extract of the results for Serbia related to eating sweet products (data not published). It is obvious that Serbian population disagrees that we should not eat sweet products and they understand that some people have cravings for sweets.…”

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Can we understand food oral processing using Kano model? Case study with confectionery products

Đjekić

Ilić

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This study had two objectives, to determine oral processing parameters and its correlation with mechanical properties of selected confectionery products and to categorize oral processing and sensory attributes based on a Kano model. Thirteen panelists analyzed five confectionery products in the oral processing part of the study. In parallel, 327 interviews participated in a field survey to enable analyzing responses to food quality and oral processing attributes. It has been confirmed that oral processing parameters are interrelated with most of the mechanical properties of confectionery products. Average number of bites is correlated with consumption time per bite, chewing rate, and bite size. Consumption time and chewing rate were negatively correlated for Brownie cake. Satiation was associated with eating rate and calorie intake rate for Jelly Candy and Waffle. All food quality requirements were categorized as "attractive" and "one-dimensional." Oral processing parameters-food breakdown and eating rate are aligned to "attractive" category, bite size was identified as a "must-be" category, and number of chews is outlined as a "reverse" category. The Kano model results show that oral processing parameters have a strong influence on consumer satisfaction in parallel with well-known sensorial characteristics associated with food quality. K E Y W O R D S confectionery products, Kano model, mechanical properties, oral processing characteristics, quality characteristics 1 | INTRODUCTION Oral processing covers understanding of a wide range of food changes that occur from the first bite to the moment of swallowing, analyzing both food changes, and in-mouth sensations (Chen, 2014). Number of chews, bite size, eating rate, hardness, firmness or sensory attributes (Hiiemae et al., 1996; Koç et al., 2014), caloric intake (van den Boer et al., 2017), and satiety (Wang & Chen, 2017) as oral processing and sensory characteristics are correlated with the type of food consumed. Eating of food is mainly associated with energy and nutrient intake as well as with pleasure (Chen, 2009). In parallel, oral processing of food affects sensorial properties, food intake, and acceptance (Aguayo-Mendoza et al., 2019). When speaking about sweet taste, it is obvious that people like sweet products from their birth (Steiner, 1979). Variations in liking this type of products exist mainly due to age of consumers (Divert et al., 2017). However, the World Health Organization in its latest guideline recommends consumption of up to 50 g/day of total free sugars, highlighting the concern that intake in the form of various sugar-sweetened products and beverages may lead to an unhealthy diet, weight gain, and increased risk of noncommunicable diseases (WHO, 2015). This may lead to the assumption that some health issues are linked with oral processing. High prevalence of obesity is partially caused by food availability, but is also in relation to food that This article was published on AA publication on:

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Influence of sociodemographic factors on eating motivations – modelling through artificial neural networks (ANN)

Cited by 10 publications

References 33 publications

Motivations Associated with Food Choices among Adults from Urban Setting

Motivations Associated with Food Choices among Adults from Urban Setting

Environmental and Political Determinants of Food Choices: A Preliminary Study in a Croatian Sample

Can we understand food oral processing using Kano model? Case study with confectionery products

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