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Optimism, dietary habits, body mass index and smoking among young Finnish adults

Kelloniemi, Heini, Ek, Ellen, Laitinen, Jaana·2005·Appetite
DOI 10.1016/j.appet.2005.05.001
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The association between optimism and health habits was evaluated among 31-year-old men and women (n=8690) born in Northern Finland in 1966. Both women and men above the upper quartile for optimism more often ate fresh vegetables and salads (women 76%/men 57%), berries (23%/9%), fruit (67%/42%), low-fat cheese (25%/16%) and salad dressing (15%/17%) than those below the lower quartile (56%/31%, 14%/5%, 52%/26%, 18%/10% and 10%/5%, respectively) with women in higher proportion than in men in each case. Pessimism was associated with infrequent consumption of foods rich in fiber and salad dressing and the proportions of high consumers of alcohol. Proportion of subjects with BMI of 30.0 kg/m2 and above and that of current smokers were higher among the pessimists than among the optimists. Thus lack of optimism is associated with a cluster of unhealthy dietary and other habits. This may at least partly explain the positive association of optimism with health found in previous studies.

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Authors
Kelloniemi, H., Ek, E., & Laitinen, J.
Affiliations
University of Oulu (FI)
Corresponding author
Kelloniemi, Heini
ORCID
Venue
Appetite
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2005-10
Volume
45
Issue
2
Pages
169-176
ISSN
0195-6663 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.appet.2005.05.001
OpenAlex
W1996726989
Cited by
129
References
36
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Appetite (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
Keywords
optimism, pessimism, dietary habits, body mass index, smoking, alcohol consumption, fruit and vegetable intake, salad dressing, dietary fiber intake, young adults, health behavior, sex differences
MeSH terms
Adult, Attitude, Diet, Female, Finland, Health Surveys, Humans, Life Style, Male, Sex Factors, Smoking, Vegetables, Cohort Studies, Health Behavior, Body Mass Index

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