Management of healthy eating in everyday life among senior Europeans

Appetite ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 616-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pernilla Lundkvist ◽  
Christina Fjellström ◽  
Birgitta Sidenvall ◽  
Margaret Lumbers ◽  
Monique Raats
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Healthy Eating

scholarly journals Translational competency

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Yates-Doerr
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Obesity Prevention ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Medical Settings ◽  
Obesity Interventions ◽  
Refusal To Treat ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
Relational Contexts

This article introduces the notion of ‘translational competency’, a skill of attending to different understandings of health and how these are negotiated between medical settings and everyday life. This skill is especially important for the design of obesity-prevention policies and programs, given the diverse values surrounding both healthy eating and desirable weight. Through its focus on communicative interactions, translational competency entails a refusal to treat cultural differences regarding diet or body size as a problem. Rather, it encourages engagement with the relational contexts out of which health problems develop and transform, taking culture to be a process of negotiation and adaptation. In this article I present an example of the utility of the skill of translational competency taken from research on obesity in Guatemala. I then illustrate how translational competency might be used in the design of obesity interventions.

Everyday life classification practices and technologies

2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 957-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill McTavish
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Card Sort ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Values And Beliefs

Purpose – Through the application of domain-analytic principles, the purpose of this paper is to explore how participants’ understandings of healthy eating are related to their grouping and classification of foods. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 30 food-interested people were asked to (1) sort a series of 56 statements about food, health, and eating on a scale from “most disagree” to “most agree”; (2)complete an open card sort of 50 foods; and (3) classify these 50 foods on a scale from “most unhealthy” to “most healthy”. Exercises (1) and (3) involved Q-methodology, which groups people who share similar understandings of a phenomenon. Findings – Participants’ understandings of healthy eating – revealed by the first Q-methodology exercise – were related to shared food priorities, values, and beliefs; these understandings were indirectly connected with food identities, which was not expected. This suggests that lay domain knowledge is difficult to capture and must involve other methodologies than those currently employed in domain-analytic research. Research limitations/implications – Although a small sample of food-interested people were recruited, the purpose of this study was not to make generalized claims about perspectives on healthy eating, but to explore how domain knowledge is related to everyday organizational processes. Originality/value – To “classify” in Library and Information Science (LIS) usually involves an engagement with formally established classification systems. In this paper the author suggests an alternative path for LIS scholars: the investigation of everyday life classification practices. Such an approach has value beyond the idiosyncratic, as the author discusses how these practices can inform LIS researchers’ strategies for augmenting the messages provided by static classification technologies.

scholarly journals The good face of media: Kids weight loss competitions

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Razan Shwayhat
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
The Other ◽  
Unhealthy Food ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Media

Media has been blamed for long time and more these days for spreading bad eating habits, inactivity and making unhealthy food choices especially among children. Through my work in the media especially TV, I wanted to use the other side of media and influence healthy eating habits among children and adults. Competitions drive challenge and determination, I created the first Arabic weight loss competition for kids on TV titled "Ghizaak Sihtak" may be translated to " Eat Well Live Well  Competition". The competition allows kids to live their normal everyday life (not in camps) and teaches them how to make healthy choices, be more active and thus lose weight. The Ghizaak Sihtak Compeition helped many kids lose more than 20Kilos in around 6months and keep it off for 2 years so far. This year - the 5th season for   kids - 10 kids started are participating in this weight loss journey while many others are watching them and are affected with their stories. The Compeition is broadcasted on Roya TV.

scholarly journals Development of a salutogenic intervention for healthy eating among Dutch type 2 diabetes mellitus patients

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristel C M M Polhuis ◽  
Lenneke Vaandrager ◽  
Sabita S Soedamah-Muthu ◽  
Maria A Koelen
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Developmental Process ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Scientific Integrity ◽  
Food Literacy

Summary Healthy eating can be challenging for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. The theory of salutogenesis, which focuses on the resources required to organize behavioural changes in everyday life, was used to develop an intervention for healthy eating. The aim was to describe the development, structure and content of this salutogenic intervention. The development consisted of two phases that were based on the operationalization of important key principles of salutogenesis. In Phase 1 (Exploration and synthesis), a systematic review and three qualitative studies were performed to explore important characteristics to enable healthy eating in everyday life. The results were used to develop the draft intervention. In Phase 2 (Validation and adjustment), interviews and workshops were conducted with T2DM patients, healthcare providers and scientists. Based on this, the draft intervention was modified into its final form. The developmental process resulted in a 12-week, group-based intervention that aimed to enable important resources for healthy eating via self-examination, reflection, setting goals and sharing experiences. Attention was also paid to disease information, disease acceptance, food literacy, stress management, self-identity and social support. The group sessions began following an individual intake session, with a booster session held 3 months after the intervention. The researcher’s translation of the stakeholders’ priorities into an intervention was corrected for and approved by the stakeholders concerned. This comprehensive salutogenic intervention was developed based on practical and scientific evidence. Providing transparency in developmental processes and content is important because it determines the scientific integrity and credibility of an intervention.

Responsiveness to Food-Related Conflict Predicts Healthy Eating

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Wittleder ◽  
Vanessa Begemann ◽  
Gabriele Oettingen ◽  
David Melnikoff ◽  
Tilman Reinelt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Unhealthy Food ◽  
Life Study ◽  
Sensitivity Measure ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Eating Regulation

One reason why people fail to eat healthily is that they lack control over unwanted actions. Another largely ignored reason might be that they fail to engage control when encountering temptations. Accordingly, we tested (N=511) if how responsive people are to conflict between healthy and unhealthy food is an important part of eating regulation. We developed a conflict sensitivity measure that indicates responsiveness to conflict between healthy and unhealthy food via post-conflict slowing. We then show that the stronger participants are committed to healthy eating, the more they slowed down after relevant conflict (Study 1, 2) but not after irrelevant conflict (Study 2). Furthermore, increasing commitment to healthy eating increased post-conflict slowing compared to when the goal was not activated (Study 3). Importantly, post-conflict slowing predicted subsequent healthy eating in participants’ everyday life (Study 2). Our findings suggest that conflict responses might be an important part of healthy eating.

What is healthy eating? A qualitative exploration

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (13) ◽  
pp. 2408-2418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Mete ◽  
Alison Shield ◽  
Kristen Murray ◽  
Rachel Bacon ◽  
Jane Kellett
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Healthy Weight ◽  
Information Research ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Qualitative Exploration

AbstractObjective:The present study aimed to explore how healthy food choices are translated into everyday life by exploring definitions of healthy food choices, perceptions of own food choice, and healthy food choice drivers (facilitators) and barriers.Design:An exploratory qualitative study design was employed using semi-structured face-to-face interviews. Convenience sampling was used to recruit participants. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and cross-checked for consistency. Thematic analysis was used to identify patterns emerging from the data.Setting:Canberra, Australia, October 2015–March 2016.Participants:A total of twenty-three participants aged 25–60 years were interviewed. The mean age was 38 years and the mean BMI was 29·1 kg/m2. All male participants (n4) were within the healthy weight range compared with 58 % of female participants, with 26 % being overweight and 16 % being obese.Results:(i) Healthy food choices are important but are not a daily priority; (ii) healthy eating information is known but can be difficult to apply into everyday life; (iii) popular diets are used in attempts to improve healthy eating; and (iv) social media inspires and connects people with healthy eating.Conclusions:Social media facilitates healthy food choices by providing access to healthy eating information. In addition to Facebook and Instagram, healthy eating blogs were highlighted as a source of nutrition information. Research should consider exploring the use of healthy eating blogs and whether these blogs can be used as a tool by dietitians to communicate procedural healthy eating information more effectively in the future.

Thriving in Academia: Understanding and Managing the Complexities of Faculty Work

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ketevan Mamiseishvili
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Work Setting ◽  
Higher Education Research ◽  
Faculty Work ◽  
College And University ◽  
Teaching Research ◽  
University Settings

In this paper, I will illustrate the changing nature and complexity of faculty employment in college and university settings. I will use existing higher education research to describe changes in faculty demographics, the escalating demands placed on faculty in the work setting, and challenges that confront professors seeking tenure or administrative advancement. Boyer’s (1990) framework for bringing traditionally marginalized and neglected functions of teaching, service, and community engagement into scholarship is examined as a model for balancing not only teaching, research, and service, but also work with everyday life.

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