Food attitudes, eating behavior, and the information underlying food attitudes

Appetite
Shelley N AikmanDan Graham

Abstract

This research examined healthiness perceptions and how the information underlying food attitudes more generally relate to attitudes and behaviors. Participants completed attitudinal measures and various card-sorting tasks in which they rank ordered foods (pictures and/or nutrition labels) in terms of healthiness. Taste was found to be a stronger predictor of attitudes and past eating behavior than other information underlying attitudes (health, guilt, comfort). Furthermore, participants' healthiness rankings of pictures were not correlated to rankings of the corresponding nutrition labels, suggesting that when determining a food's healthiness, participants do not rely on (or are not aware of) the actual nutritional makeup.

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Jul 17, 2013·Appetite·Gemma SharpCarlene Wilson
May 13, 2009·Public Health Nutrition·Anne KorinthJoachim Westenhoefer
Jan 19, 2011·Public Health Nutrition·Sarah CamposDavid Hammond
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Apr 24, 2008·Appetite·Kirsten I DunnGary A Wittert
May 29, 2007·Appetite·Benjamin ScheibehennePeter M Todd
Sep 3, 2013·Appetite·Michael Schulte-MecklenbeckRalph Hertwig
Oct 3, 2009·Health Education & Behavior : the Official Publication of the Society for Public Health Education·Noriko SudoMarla Reicks
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