Effect of Cooking Classes on Healthy Eating Behavior Among College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-70
Author(s):  
Anna Barr ◽  
Andrea Hanson ◽  
Kendra Kattelmann
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Healthy Eating Behavior ◽  
Cooking Classes

scholarly journals Nutrition Literacy Mediates the Relationships between Multi-Level Factors and College Students’ Healthy Eating Behavior: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 3451
Author(s):  
I-Ju Lai ◽  
Li-Chun Chang ◽  
Chia-Kuei Lee ◽  
Li-Ling Liao
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Healthy Eating Behavior ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multi Level

College students experience new pressures and choices as they transition to independent living and can easily develop unhealthy eating habits, resulting in obesity and obesity-related chronic diseases in later life. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that nutrition literacy (NL) mediated the relationship between multi-level factors influencing healthy eating behavior identified from the social-ecological model and healthy eating behavior of college students. A four-part questionnaire was completed by 412 participants recruited from six different four-year universities in Taiwan (effective response rate = 85.8%). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, an independent samples t-test, hierarchical multiple regression, and mediation analysis. The results indicated that the students’ mean nutrition literacy score was 4.32 (SD = 0.78, range = 1–6). In the social-ecological framework, nutrition literacy significantly predicted healthy eating behavior (β = 0.28, p < 0.001; ΔF = 32.54, p < 0.001; ΔR2 = 0.05) with control variables of background, intrapersonal, interpersonal, environmental, and macrosystem factors. Nutrition literacy mediated the effects of seven factors on healthy eating behavior across four levels. These findings suggested that strengthening influential multi-level factors associated with healthy eating behavior not only enhanced NL, but also improved individuals’ healthy eating behavior.

scholarly journals Eating behavior among persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus in North Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hagos Amare Gebreyesus ◽  
Girmatsion Fisseha Abreha ◽  
Sintayehu Degu Besherae ◽  
Merhawit Atsbha Abera ◽  
Abraha Hailu Weldegerima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Food Selection ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Healthy Eating Behavior ◽  
Meal Planning

Abstract Background Diet is central to the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Depending on the stage of the disease at which the recommended diet is initiated, optimal adherence can reduce HbA1c by about 1 to 2%. However, evidence on eating behavior is generally scarce including in Ethiopia. The present study aimed to assess the eating behavior of adults with T2DM in North Ethiopia. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted among 421 adults with T2DM from September to November 2019. Socio-demographic variables were collected using structured questionnaires; an asset-based wealth index was used to determine socioeconomic status. Three dimensions of eating behavior were assessed using Likert-type items: food selection, meal planning and calorie recognition. Raw Likert scores in each dimension were transformed to percent scales to maximum (%SM). Participants’ behavior in each dimension was categorized into healthy and unhealthy taking 66.7% SM score as a cutoff. Overall eating behavior was determined by aggregating ranks scored in the three dimensions. Correlates of overall eating behavior were identified using Chi-square test and multinomial logistic regression with statistical significance set at P-value < 0.05. Result Only 1% of the participants had overall healthy eating behavior. Yet, overall unhealthy eating was apparent in 54.4%. By dimensions, healthy eating behaviors in food selection, meal planning and calorie recognition were seen in 43.5, 7.4 and 2.9% participants, respectively. Factors that were positively associated with having healthy eating behavior in one dimension relative to unhealthy in all were: receiving nutrition education [AOR 1.73; CI 1.09, 2.74], female gender [AOR 1.78; CI 1.03, 3.08] & being in 26–44 age category [AOR 3.7; CI 1.56, 8.85]. But, being in the poor [AOR 0.42; CI 0.16, 1.32] or average [AOR 0.54; CI 0.19, 1.55] socioeconomic strata were negatively associated. However, only receiving nutrition education [AOR 3.65; CI 1.31, 10.18] was significantly associated with having healthy behavior in two eating dimensions over unhealthy in all. Conclusion In North Ethiopia, the overall eating behavior of adults with T2DM is extremely poor. Diverse and integrated approaches including nutrition education during consultation should be implemented to address the gap.

Consumers' Potentials to Adopt a Healthy Eating Lifestyle

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Efthimia Tsakiridou ◽  
Elisavet Tsiamparli ◽  
Konstadinos Mattas
Keyword(s):  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Rasch Model ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Eating Patterns ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Eating Style ◽  
Healthy Eating Behavior ◽  
The Rasch Model ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Unambiguously, nowadays healthy eating patterns have attracted the interest of researchers, society and media. Mainly four key widespread messages “eat less fat”, “eat less sugar”, “eat less salt” and “eat more fibre”, are among those widely perceived as healthy eating behavior. All those messages could support a healthy eating lifestyle, and consequently, avoid several chronic diseases and health problems. This research aimed to examine consumers' attitudes towards healthy eating, their difficulty to adopt a permanent healthy eating style and to assess which items consumers find more or less difficult to follow. The Rasch model was applied to assess the obstacles consumers are facing to adopt and follow healthy eating patterns and to relate them with a range of attitudinal and socio-economic factors faced by individuals. Results highlight significant differences among consumers in adopting healthy eating patterns, depending on the level of several key factors (gender, age and education).

scholarly journals HOW AND FOR WHOM DO POSITIVE VIEWS ON AGING PROMOTE HEALTHY EATING BEHAVIOR?

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 938-939
Author(s):  
V. Klusmann ◽  
J.K. Wolff ◽  
G. Sproesser ◽  
B. Renner
Keyword(s):  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Healthy Eating Behavior

scholarly journals A Conceptual Framework for Healthy Eating Behavior in Ecuadorian Adolescents: A Qualitative Study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. e87183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roosmarijn Verstraeten ◽  
Kathleen Van Royen ◽  
Angélica Ochoa-Avilés ◽  
Daniela Penafiel ◽  
Michelle Holdsworth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Healthy Eating Behavior
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