ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2018
The Healthfulness of Entrées and Students' Purchases in a University Campus Dining Environment.
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- Higher education institutions and the use of marketing-mix choice architecture strategies to encourage plant-rich menu options and sustainable dietary patterns: a scoping review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Assessing the Healthfulness of University Food Environments: A Systematic Review of Methods and Tools.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review on Socioeconomic Differences in the Association between the Food Environment and Dietary Behaviors.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- University Food Environment Assessment Methods and Their Implications: Protocol for a Systematic Review.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Impulsivity as a risk factor for weight gain and body roundness change among college freshmen.Eating behaviors · 2020Article
- A free-produce stand on campus: impact on fruit and vegetable intake in Dutch university students.Public health nutrition · 2020Article
- Effect of living arrangement on anthropometric traits in first-year university students from Canada: The GENEiUS study.PloS one · 2020Article
- A Prospective Study of Alcohol Use Patterns and Short-Term Weight Change in College Freshmen.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2019Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to determine the availability of "more healthful" (MH) versus "less healthful" (LH) entrée items in the campus dining and if students' purchases are reflective of what is offered. This is an observational study in which purchases of the available entrée items in the campus dining at South Dakota State University in one academic year were collected and categorized as either MH or LH according to the American Heart Association guidelines. Chi-square tests were used to determine the differences between the proportion of purchased MH and LH versus those available. Odds ratio estimates with 95% confidence limits were used to determine the associations between the demographics and MH and LH purchases. Of the total entrée items available, 15.0% were MH and 85.0% were LH. In the fall, 8.0% of purchases were MH and 92.0% purchases were LH as compared to 8.9% MH and 91.1% LH in the spring. Whites were less likely than non-whites to purchase a MH entrée. Females were two times more likely to choose MH entrées than males. The campus dining offerings and students' purchases of entrees were primarily LH. Work with campus dining providers to create profitable, yet healthful, dining entrees is needed to improve the healthfulness of offerings.
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