Does involvement in food preparation track from adolescence to young adulthood and is it associated with better dietary quality? Findings from a 10-year longitudinal study
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OBJECTIVES: To examine whether involvement in food preparation tracks over time, between adolescence (15-18 years), emerging adulthood (19-23 years) and the mid-to-late twenties (24-28 years), as well as 10-year longitudinal associations between home food preparation, dietary quality and meal patterning. DESIGN: Population-based, longitudinal cohort study. SETTING: Participants were originally sampled from Minnesota public secondary schools (USA). SUBJECTS: Participants enrolled in Project EAT (Eating Among Teens and Young Adults)-I, EAT-II and EAT-III (n 1321). RESULTS: Most participants in their mid-to-late twenties reported an enjoyment of cooking (73 % of males, 80 % of females); however, few prepared meals including vegetables most days of the week (24 % of males, 41 % of females). Participants in their mid-to-late twenties who enjoyed cooking were more likely to have engaged in food preparation as adolescents and emerging adults (P < 0·01); those who frequently prepared meals including vegetables were more likely to have engaged in food preparation as emerging adults (P < 0·001), but not as adolescents. Emerging adult food preparation predicted better dietary quality five years later in the mid-to-late twenties, including higher intakes of fruit, vegetables and dark green/orange vegetables, and less sugar-sweetened beverage and fast-food consumption. Associations between adolescent food preparation and later dietary quality yielded few significant results. CONCLUSIONS: Food preparation behaviours appeared to track over time and engagement in food preparation during emerging adulthood, but not adolescence, was associated with healthier dietary intake during the mid-to-late twenties. Intervention studies are needed to understand whether promoting healthy food preparation results in improvements in eating patterns during the transition to adulthood.
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- Authors
- Laska, M. N., Larson, N. I., Neumark-Sztainer, D., & Story, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Corresponding author
- Laska, Melissa N
- Venue
- Public Health Nutrition
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2011-11-29
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1150-1158
- ISSN
- 1368-9800 (ISSN-L)
- 1475-2727
- PMC
- PMC3472035
- OpenAlex
- W2170027222
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- FWCI
- 5.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Public Health Nutrition (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL084064)
- National Cancer Institute (K07CA126837)
- 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 › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Keywords
- home food preparation, diet quality, emerging adulthood, adolescence, early adulthood, vegetable consumption, fruit consumption, sugar-sweetened beverages, fast food consumption, coming of age, Project EAT
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Beverages, Energy Intake, Choice Behavior, Cooking, Diet, Diet Surveys, Eating, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Fruit, Health Promotion, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Minnesota, Surveys and Questionnaires, Vegetables, Health Behavior, Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Young Adult, Fast Foods, Meals
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