scholarly journals Using Genetic Information to Improve the Prediction of Individual Food Choice: A Case Study of Alcoholic Beverages

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Zhu ◽  
Tim Beatty ◽  
Qiran Zhao ◽  
Wei Si ◽  
Qihui Chen
Keyword(s):  
Food Choice ◽  
Genetic Information ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages

scholarly journals Using Genetic Information to Improve the Prediction of Individual Food Choice: A Case Study of Alcoholic Beverages

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Zhu ◽  
Timothy Beatty ◽  
Qiran Zhao ◽  
Wei Si ◽  
Qihui Chen
Keyword(s):  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
Genetic Information ◽  
Genetic Factors ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Discrete Choice Models ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Discrete Choice Experiments ◽  
Demand Models

AbstractIndividual food choices and consumption are closely relating to one’s diet, nutrition, and health. Using the case of alcoholic beverages, this study extends the random-utility framework by incorporating genetic information into consumer demand models, and demonstrates the significant impact of genetic factors on individual food choice decisions in a novel way. Integrating individual-level responses of discrete choice experiments (DCE), genotyping data, and socioeconomic/demographic characteristics of 484 participants collected from face-to-face interviews in mainland China, we employ a machine learning-based classification (MLC) approach to identify and predict individual choices. We show that genetic factors are critical to explaining variations in both general drinking behavior and choices of particular products. We systematically compared the performance of traditional discrete choice models and MLC models without and with genetic factors. The MLC predictive model with both socio-demographic and genetic features yields the highest accuracy of 74.7% and AUC-ROC of 0.85. Our findings warrant further economic studies of human behaviors with the integration of genetic data.

scholarly journals A socio-ecological perspective on behavioural interventions to influence food choice in schools: alternative, complementary or synergistic?

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 1000-1005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Moore ◽  
Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski ◽  
Sue N Moore
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
School Food ◽  
Behavioural Interventions ◽  
South West ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
The Uk ◽  
South West England

AbstractObjectiveAn increasing focus on legislation, policy and guidance on the nutritional content of school food has in part been in response to the limited impact of more behavioural or educational approaches. However, there is a risk that a sole focus on policy-level action may lead to neglect of the important contribution that more behavioural approaches can make as components of effective, coordinated, multilevel action to improve the dietary intake of schoolchildren. The current paper aims to highlight the potential importance of viewing alternative approaches as complementary or synergistic, rather than competing.DesignThe socio-ecological and RE-AIM frameworks are used to provide a theoretical rationale and demonstrate the importance of explicitly identifying the interdependence of policies, interventions and contextual structures and processes. School food case study evidence is used to exemplify how understanding and exploiting these interdependencies can maximise impact on dietary outcomes.SettingCase studies of trials in schools in the UK (South West England and Wales) and Australia (Victoria).SubjectsSchoolchildren.ResultsThe case studies provide examples to support the hypothesis that the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance of school food policies and interventions can be maximised by understanding and exploiting the interdependence between levels in the socio-ecological framework.ConclusionsRather than being seen as competing alternatives, diverse approaches to improving the diets of schoolchildren should be considered in terms of their potential to be complementary and synergistic, acting at multiple levels to improve acceptability, fidelity, effectiveness and sustainability.

scholarly journals The Role of Women in Food Provision and Food Choice Decision-Making in Singapore: A Case Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 658-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
May C. Wang ◽  
Nasheen Naidoo ◽  
Steve Ferzacca ◽  
Geetha Reddy ◽  
Rob M. Van Dam
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Food Choice ◽  
Choice Decision ◽  
Food Provision ◽  
Role Of Women

scholarly journals BUDAYA KONSUMSI MINUMAN BERALKOHOL (STUDI KASUS PADA MASYARAKAT MOSKONA DI KELURAHAN BINTUNI BARAT, DISTRIK BINTUNI BARAT, KABUPATEN TELUK BINTUNI)

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-153
Author(s):  
Frans Yerkohok ◽  
Sanggar Kanto ◽  
Anif Fatma Chawa
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The People ◽  
Alcoholic Drinks ◽  
The Government ◽  
Very High

Abstrack. This article is a socio-cultural study of the culture of consuming liquor. This research was conducted using a qualitative method with a case study approach to the Moskona community in West Bintuni Village, West Bintuni District, Bintuni Bay Regency. Using Herbert Blumer's theory of symbolic interactionism, this study seeks to understand the meaning of alcohol consumption for the people of Moscow and the economic, social, and health impacts of the culture of consuming alcoholic beverages. The results of this study reveal that the consumption of alcoholic drinks does come from outside and has developed into a habit in society, and people perceive alcoholic drinks as a form of brotherhood and kinship between groups of people when sitting together. Various efforts have been made by elements of society such as traditional leaders, religious leaders, and the government, such as very high customary fines for people who commit deviant behavior after consuming liquor, but in reality, the rate of accidents and fights after consuming alcoholic beverages is still high. This study also shows that the persistence of alcohol consumption in the community is related to family, economic and social factors.Keyword : Indigenous people, Liquor, Teluk BintuniAbstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana perkembangan komsumsi minuman beralkohol pada masyarakat Moskona yang berada di Kelurahan Bintuni Barat, Distrik Bintuni, Kabupaten Teluk Bintuni, sehingga menjadi sebuah budaya. Sselain itu juga untuk memahami makna konsumsi minuman beralkohol bagi masyarakat Moskona serta dampak ekonomi, sosial dan budaya dari konsumsi minuman beralkohol, dengan menggunakan Teori Interaksionisme Simbolik dari Herbert Blumer. Hasil penelitian mengungkapkan bahwa konsumsi minuman beralkohol memang datang dari luar dan berkembang menjadi sebuah kebiasaan pada masyarakat, dan masyarakat memaknai minuman beralkohol sebagai bentuk persaudaraan dan kekerabatan di antara kelompok masyarakat saat duduk bersama. Berbagai upaya yang dilakukan oleh elemen masyarakat seperti tokoh adat, tokoh agama, dan pemerintah sudah dilakukan seperti denda adat yang sangat tinggi kepada masyarakat yang melakukan perilaku menyimpang pasca mengkonsumsi minuman beralkohol, namun dalam kenyataannya tingkat kecelakaan dan perkelahian pasca konsumsi minuman beralkohol masih tetap tinggi. Bertahannya kebiasaan konsumsi minuman beralkohol pada masyarakat ada kaitannya dengan faktor keluarga, individu pelaku konsumsi dan maraknya minuman beralkohol yang beredar luas di tengah masyarakat, oleh karena itu upaya yang diharapkan oleh peneliti adalah pemerintah mengambil sikap tegas dengan mengeluarkan Peraturan Daerah (PERDA) terkait minuman beralhokol, untuk mampu meredam berdar luasnya minuman beralkohol tersebut.Kata Kunci : Minuman beralkohol, Peraturan Daerah, Teluk Bintuni

THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY AND ALCOHOL IN INTERWAR FRANCE

2008 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 421-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
SARAH HOWARD
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Culture ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Belle Epoque ◽  
Advertising Industry ◽  
Interwar France ◽  
Belle Époque ◽  
New Consumer ◽  
Dominant Paradigm

ABSTRACTThis article reassesses interwar French advertising through the case study of alcohol, one of the period's most widely advertised and popular products. Examining the ways in which alcoholic beverages were branded, marketed, and advertised, the article revises the historiography of French advertising in several ways. Histories of interwar French advertising have described an industry that was retarded and underdeveloped, or else slowly progressing through the application and adaptation of American practices. By contrast, this article suggests that during the period French advertising was a remarkably successful enterprise which should be analysed on its own terms rather than through the dominant paradigm of Americanization. French interwar publicity innovations, like the alcoholic beverages that utilized them, were very much ‘home grown’ phenomena. Both were firmly rooted in Belle Époque advertising traditions and contemporary French consumer patterns. Advertising did not create a new consumer culture; instead it reflected and was, in turn, shaped by the society in which it operated and the products being advertised.

scholarly journals Food of tardigrades: a case study to understand food choice, intake and digestion

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (s1) ◽  
pp. 66-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph O. Schill ◽  
K. Ingemar Jönsson ◽  
Martin Pfannkuchen ◽  
Franz Brümmer
Keyword(s):  
Food Choice
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