Perceived influences on episodes of (un)healthy eating

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Antonio LC Sarah J Hardcastle

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Antonio LC
Medical Sciences Research Centre, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Jesús Carranza 205, Toluca city 50130, Mexico

A B S T R A C T

The present work investigated episodic memories to identify influences on healthiness of everyday eating episodes carried out by members of the public. The sample included 128 healthy weight undergraduate students from an urban locality in midlands Mexico. Participants reported a recent episode when they ate either healthy or unhealthy food and what influenced them to eat that way. Reported influences were categorised and counted for testing differences in mentions between episodes of healthy and unhealthy eating. The most commonly reported influences on healthy eating episodes concerned wellbeing and weight control. The main reported influences on unhealthy eating episodes were food liking, hunger and convenience. The findings extend our understanding on the most prominent influences on eating choices, which could be useful for tailoring interventions to increase healthy eating and decrease unhealthy eating.

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Research Article

Publication history

Received: Sun 30, Sep 2018
Accepted: Fri 19, Oct 2018
Published: Tue 11, Dec 2018

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© 2023 Antonio LC. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.JFNM.2018.01.002