The association of mavenism and pleasure with food involvement in older adults

Abstract

BackgroundFood involvement is concerned with the involvement people have in the preparation and consumption of food. Little is known about older people’s food involvement or about the factors which may influence it. Therefore the main aim of this study was to examine food involvement and its associations among older Australians.MethodsAn Internet-based nationwide survey of 1,041 people aged 55 years and over (M = 66 years, SD 6.99) was conducted in 2012. Quota sampling was used to ensure that the age, gender and state of residence of the respondents were representative of the Australian population aged over 55 years. Bell and Marshall’s Food Involvement Scale was administered, along with questions pertaining to socio-demographic, social and hedonic factors.ResultsOverall predictor variables explained 45% (p = <0.0001) of variance in food involvement. Food mavenism and pleasure motivation for food were the factors most strongly associated with food involvement (β = .36; 95% CI .46, .61; p = < 0.0001 and β = .31; 95% CI .78, 1.08; p = < 0.0001, respectively). The predictive ability of demographic factors was reasonably poor.ConclusionsFood mavenism and pleasure motivation are stronger predictors of Food Involvement than demographic factors. This suggests communication and health promotion opportunities among older people.

Can eating pleasure be a lever for healthy eating? A systematic scoping review of eating pleasure and its links with dietary behaviors and health

“…Tools used in these studies to measure eating pleasure are presented in Table 5 . Eating pleasure was measured using a variety of tools, namely interviews (n = 2) [ 89 , 137 ], pairing and categorization tasks (n = 1) [ 26 ], single items (n = 11) [ 28 , 29 , 76 , 109 , 111 , 140 , 141 , 147 , 148 , 152 , 160 ], multi-item questionnaires developed by authors for the purpose of the study (n = 8) [ 21 , 74 , 112 , 136 , 145 , 148 , 150 , 156 ], adapted versions of existing multi-item questionnaires (n = 7) [ 13 , 33 – 35 , 75 , 157 , 158 ] or existing multi-item questionnaires (n = 13) [ 21 , 25 , 27 , 30 , 36 , 74 , 84 , 86 , 88 , 125 , 126 , 146 , 151 ]. In total, 37 different tools were used to measure eating pleasure: 1 interview process, 2 pairing and categorization tasks, 15 single items and 19 questionnaires.…”

“…In total, 37 different tools were used to measure eating pleasure: 1 interview process, 2 pairing and categorization tasks, 15 single items and 19 questionnaires. Questionnaires used to measure eating pleasure were (1) the Pleasures Questionnaire (Appleton & McGowan, 2006) [156], (2) the pleasure subscale of the Health and Taste Attitude Scale [25,84,86,88] [33], (15) the pleasure motivation subscale of the Eating Motivation Survey (adapted from Renner et al, 2012) [13,34], (16) the pleasure subscale of a questionnaire assessing consumption attitudes (Remick et al, 2009) [111], (17) the pleasure subscale of a questionnaire developed to explore PLOS ONE PLOS ONE ).…”

Representations of death among Italian vegetarians: An ethnographic research on environment, disgust and transcendence

“…The former belong to secular perspectives respecting healthy motivations, including personal shape and weight benefits, the dignity of animals, disgust or repugnance at eating flesh, and environmental and ecological advantages ( Beardsworth & Keil, 1992 ; Hoek, Luning, Stafleu, & de Graaf, 2004 ; Povey, Wellens, & Conners, 2001 ; Rozin, Markwith, & Stoess, 1997 ; Whorton, 1994 ). In this sphere, “food mavenism” (competences regarding food shared among members of groups) is an important factor concerned mainly with keeping the body free of the pollution associated with meat ( Somers, Worsley, & McNaughton, 2014 ).…”

A Scoping Review of the Validity, Reliability and Conceptual Alignment of Food Literacy Measures for Adults

“…Moreover, many food literacy measurement tools included subjective attitudinal items pertaining to food mavenism (e.g., “I find cooking a very fulfilling activity” [24]; “I consider myself to be an excellent cook” [28]) to gauge the ‘preparation’ domain. While food mavenism and pleasure may be a positive predictor of food knowledge and involvement [61,62], a food literate person does not have to be a ‘food maven’. In fact, both food literacy experts and young people experiencing disadvantage agreed food preparation skills only needed to be “basic” to support needs [63].…”