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Motives underlying healthy eating: Using the food choice questionnaire to explain variation in dietary intake

POLLARD, TESSA M., STEPTOE, ANDREW, WARDLE, JANE·1998·Journal of Biosocial Science

Abstract

The Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ), which measures the reported importance to a given individual of nine factors underlying food choice, and a food frequency questionnaire, were administered to 241 participants, who were also required to classify their diet as either 'standard', 'low in red meat' or 'vegetarian'. Respondents describing their diet as low in red meat attributed greater importance to health, natural content, weight control and ethical concern in their food choice than did those who described their diets as standard, whereas vegetarians differed significantly from those with a standard diet only on the score for ethical concern. Differences between men and women and between students and non-students in the frequency of consumption of a number of foods were shown to be mediated by differences in the importance attached to FCQ factors. Thus the generally healthier diets of women compared to men appeared to be accounted for by the greater importance attributed by women to weight control, natural content and ethical concerns.

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Authors
POLLARD, T. M., STEPTOE, A., & WARDLE, J.
Affiliations
University of London (GB)
Venue
Journal of Biosocial Science
Published
1998-04
Volume
30
Issue
2
Pages
165-179
ISSN
  • 0021-9320 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-7599
OpenAlex
W1988500082
Cited by
198
References
30
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Biosocial Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
Keywords
Food Choice Questionnaire, food choice motives, healthy eating, vegetarian diet, weight management, sex differences in diet, food frequency
MeSH terms
Adult, Choice Behavior, Diet, Feeding Behavior, Female, Food Preferences, Humans, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Health Behavior

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