scholarly journals Assessing Parental Preferences Regarding a Plant-Based Game for Educating Children about More Sustainable and Healthier Diets

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 12970
Author(s):  
Pilar Uldemolins ◽  
Tiziana de Magistris
Keyword(s):  
Latent Class ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Educational Games ◽  
Latent Class Model ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Feeding Styles ◽  
Parental Preferences ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits ◽  
Favourable Environment

Environmental damage or health concerns related to diet are some alarming consequences of our behaviour in the near future. Consumers can make a difference depending on their eating behaviour and conscientiousness about minimizing environmental damage. One way to make children more aware of the environment and induce them to eat healthier food in the future might be educational games where they could learn the importance of the environment and the effect of the food they eat on their health status. In this study, we investigated parental behaviour when feeding their children and their willingness to pay for a game product with educational and eating functions. The sample consisted of 300 parents of children aged from 4 to 12. A hypothetical choice experiment has been used and a latent class model estimated the parents’ preferences for a plant-based product game carrying two attributes, namely, the price and narrative context of the game The results indicated that parents were willing to pay more for a product with a storybook related to healthy eating habits or recycling than one with no storybook. Moreover, two dominant feeding styles in households were found: indulgent parents and uninvolved parents. This alternative approach is oriented toward educating people from the early stages of their lives, creating a favourable environment for the development of preferences for healthier food.

scholarly journals Socio-demographic Factors and Eating Behaviors Among Nurses in A Teaching Hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norfidah Mohamad ◽  
Zamzaliza Abdul Mulud ◽  
Ira Nadhira Ruzli ◽  
Nur Ain Farhah Mohd Zainun Zaman
Keyword(s):  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits ◽  
Abnormal Eating ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Nurses are known as shift workers. Shift work can disrupt regular meal habits resulting in abnormal eating behaviour. Hence, this study aims to determine the relationship between socio-demographic factors and eating behaviour. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 135 nurses using a self-administered questionnaire. This study found that the shift duties factor was significantly associated with emotional and external eating behaviour. This might be caused by how nurses cope with the burden of shift works. Health promotion strategies from both individuals and organisations should be intensified for these nurses to enhance healthy eating habits and promote healthy lifestyles.        Keywords: eating behaviour; shift duty; nurses eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.3071

Parental feeding styles and adolescents’ healthy eating habits. Structure and correlates of a Costa Rican questionnaire

Appetite ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Monge-Rojas ◽  
Vanesa Smith-Castro ◽  
Uriyoán Colon-Ramos ◽  
Carlos Garita-Arce ◽  
Marta Sánchez-López ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Feeding Styles ◽  
Parental Feeding ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits

Atuação do programa de educação para o trabalho-pet saúde da família: avaliação multidisciplinar do estado nutricional de escolares

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Jenefer Garcez Alexandre ◽  
Mileni Henedi Lemos ◽  
Synthia Ferreira Campos ◽  
Denise Dargelio Levy ◽  
Ivonete Teresinha Schulter Buss Heideman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eating Habits ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Paulo Freire ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
Global Epidemic ◽  
Obesity And Overweight ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits ◽  
Work Family

Resumo: A obesidade e o sobrepeso são considerados hoje uma epidemia mundial. O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar as crianças e adolescentes com idade entre 9 e 14 anos com potencial alteração no grau de nutrição. Realizou-se um estudo exploratório e descritivo com abordagem quantitativa e qualitativa articulado com a metodologia de Paulo Freire. Foram coletados dados antropométricos e realizadas oito visitas domiciliares, utilizando-se um roteiro de entrevista semiestruturado. Os resultados foram agrupados em três categorias para análise. Conclui-se que a maior parte das crianças e adolescentes não tem hábitos alimentares saudáveis e que praticam atividade física com baixa frequência.Palavras-Chave: Saúde da Família, Educação em Saúde, Obesidade, Promoção da Saúde.Acting of the Education Program for Work-Family Health PET: multidisciplinary assessment of the nutritional status of schoolchildrenAbstract: Obesity and overweight are now considered a global epidemic. The objective of this study was to identify children and adolescents aged 9 to 14 years with a potential alteration in the degree of nutrition. We carried out an exploratory and descriptive quantitative and qualitative approach with the methodology articulated by Paulo Freire. Anthropometric data were collected and made eight home visits using a semistructured interview guide. The results were grouped into three categories for analysis. We conclude that most children and teens do not have healthy eating habits and physical activity practice with low frequency.Keywords: Family Health, Health Education, Obesity, Health Promotion.Actuación del Programa de Educación para el Trabajo- PET Salud de la Familia: Evaluación Multidisciplinar del Estado Nutricional de Escolares.Resumen: El objetivo deste estudio fue identificar los niños y adolescentes con edad entre 9 y 14 años con potencial alteración en el grado de nutrición. Se realizo un estudio exploratorio y discriptivo con abordagen cuantitativa y cualitativa articulado con la metodología de Paulo Freire. Fue colectado dados antropometricos, y después clasificados según el gráfico de la WHO (2007) fuerón realizados ocho visitas domiciliares se utilizando un guión de entrevista semiestruturado. Los resultados fuerón agrupados en tres categorías para análisis. Se percibió que la mayor parte de los niños y adolescentes no tienen hábitos alimentares saludables y que pratican activdades físicas con baja frecuencia. Palabras Clave: Salud en la Familia, Educación en Salud, Obesidad, Promoción de la salud.

scholarly journals Consumer Preferences for Private Label Brand vs. National Brand Organic Juice and Eggs: A Latent Class Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7028
Author(s):  
Ellen J. Van Loo ◽  
Fien Minnens ◽  
Wim Verbeke
Keyword(s):  
Orange Juice ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Latent Class Model ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Private Label ◽  
National Brand ◽  
Major Barrier

Many retailers have expanded and diversified their private label food product assortment by offering premium-quality private label food products such as organic products. With price being identified as the major barrier for organic food purchases, private label organic food products could be a suitable and more affordable alternative for many consumers. While numerous studies have examined consumer preferences for organic food, very few organic food studies have incorporated the concept of private labels. This study addresses this research gap by studying consumer preferences and willingness to pay for national brand and private label organic food using a latent class model. Specifically, this study analyzes consumer preferences for organic eggs and orange juice and the effect of national branding versus private label. Findings show heterogeneity in consumer preferences for production method and brand, with three consumer segments being identified based on their preferences for both juice and eggs. For eggs, about half of the consumers prefer private label and organic production, whereas one-quarter clearly prefers organic, and another quarter is indifferent about the brand and the organic production. For orange juice, the majority (75%) prefer the national brand. In addition, one-quarter of the consumers prefers organic juice, and about one-third values both organic and the national brand.

scholarly journals Head-to-head comparison of clustering methods for heterogeneous data: a simulation-driven benchmark

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregoire Preud’homme ◽  
Kevin Duarte ◽  
Kevin Dalleau ◽  
Claire Lacomblez ◽  
Emmanuel Bresso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hierarchical Clustering ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Latent Class Model ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Heterogeneous Data ◽  
Mixed Data ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Clustering Methods ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Partitioning Around Medoids

AbstractThe choice of the most appropriate unsupervised machine-learning method for “heterogeneous” or “mixed” data, i.e. with both continuous and categorical variables, can be challenging. Our aim was to examine the performance of various clustering strategies for mixed data using both simulated and real-life data. We conducted a benchmark analysis of “ready-to-use” tools in R comparing 4 model-based (Kamila algorithm, Latent Class Analysis, Latent Class Model [LCM] and Clustering by Mixture Modeling) and 5 distance/dissimilarity-based (Gower distance or Unsupervised Extra Trees dissimilarity followed by hierarchical clustering or Partitioning Around Medoids, K-prototypes) clustering methods. Clustering performances were assessed by Adjusted Rand Index (ARI) on 1000 generated virtual populations consisting of mixed variables using 7 scenarios with varying population sizes, number of clusters, number of continuous and categorical variables, proportions of relevant (non-noisy) variables and degree of variable relevance (low, mild, high). Clustering methods were then applied on the EPHESUS randomized clinical trial data (a heart failure trial evaluating the effect of eplerenone) allowing to illustrate the differences between different clustering techniques. The simulations revealed the dominance of K-prototypes, Kamila and LCM models over all other methods. Overall, methods using dissimilarity matrices in classical algorithms such as Partitioning Around Medoids and Hierarchical Clustering had a lower ARI compared to model-based methods in all scenarios. When applying clustering methods to a real-life clinical dataset, LCM showed promising results with regard to differences in (1) clinical profiles across clusters, (2) prognostic performance (highest C-index) and (3) identification of patient subgroups with substantial treatment benefit. The present findings suggest key differences in clustering performance between the tested algorithms (limited to tools readily available in R). In most of the tested scenarios, model-based methods (in particular the Kamila and LCM packages) and K-prototypes typically performed best in the setting of heterogeneous data.

scholarly journals Predictors of COVID-19-Related Perceived Improvements in Dietary Health: Results from a US Cross-Sectional Study

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 2097
Author(s):  
Kelly Cosgrove ◽  
Christopher Wharton
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Lifestyle Changes ◽  
Income Loss ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Survey Responses

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in substantial lifestyle changes. No US study has identified predictors of perceived dietary healthfulness changes during the pandemic period. This study included analyses of lifestyle and dietary healthfulness changes using 958 survey responses from US primary household food purchasers. Information was collected related to demographics, COVID-19-related household changes, and health-related habits before and during the pandemic. Binary logistic regression identified predictors of perceived increase in dietary healthfulness during the pandemic period. Overall, 59.8%, 16.4%, and 23.4% of participants reported that their eating habits likely changed, may have changed, and likely did not change, respectively. Of the participants whose dietary habits likely or may have changed, 64.1%, 16.8%, and 19% reported healthier, neither healthier nor less healthy, and less healthy eating habits, respectively. COVID-19-related income loss, more meals consumed with household members in front of the television, an increase in food advertisement exposure, increased perceived stress, and better perceived current health were significant predictors of a perceived increase in dietary healthfulness. Overall, dietary habits were perceived to become healthier during the pandemic. The predictors of perceived improvement in dietary healthfulness were surprising and indicate the need for further study of these factors in crisis and noncrisis situations.

scholarly journals Eating behaviour, physical activity, TV exposure and sleeping habits in five year olds: a latent class analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Molly Mattsson ◽  
Deirdre M. Murray ◽  
Mairead Kiely ◽  
Fergus P. McCarthy ◽  
Elaine McCarthy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Class Analysis ◽  
Class Membership ◽  
Active Play ◽  
Food Avoidance ◽  
Cluster Membership

Abstract Background Diet, physical activity, sedentary behaviours, and sleep time are considered major contributory factors of the increased prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity. The aims of this study were to (1) identify behavioural clusters of 5 year old children based on lifestyle behaviours, (2) explore potential determinants of class membership, and (3) to determine if class membership was associated with body measure outcomes at 5 years of age. Methods Data on eating behaviour, engagement in active play, TV watching, and sleep duration in 1229 5 year old children from the Cork BASELINE birth cohort study was obtained through in-person interviews with parent. Latent class analysis was used to identify behavioural clusters. Potential determinants of cluster membership were investigated using multinomial logistic regression. Associations between the identified classes and cardio metabolic body measures were examined using multivariate logistic and linear regression, with cluster membership used as the independent variable. Results 51% of children belonged to a normative class, while 28% of children were in a class characterised by high scores on food avoidance scales in combination with low enjoyment of food, and 20% experienced high scores on the food approach scales. Children in both these classes had lower conditional probabilities of engaging in active play for at least 1 hour per day and sleeping for a minimum of 10 h, and higher probability of watching TV for 2 hours or more, compared to the normative class. Low socioeconomic index (SEI) and no breastfeeding at 2 months were found to be associated with membership of the class associated with high scores on the food avoidance scale, while lower maternal education was associated with the class defined by high food approach scores. Children in the class with high scores on the food approach scales had higher fat mass index (FMI), lean mass index (LMI), and waist-to-height ratio (WtHR) compared to the normative class, and were at greater risk of overweight and obesity. Conclusion Findings suggest that eating behaviour appeared to influence overweight and obesity risk to a greater degree than activity levels at 5 years old. Further research of how potentially obesogenic behaviours in early life track over time and influence adiposity and other cardio metabolic outcomes is crucial to inform the timing of interventions.

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