ArticleNutrients2018
Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling of Students' Dietary Intentions/Behaviors, BMI, and the Healthfulness of Convenience Stores.
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- Assessing the Healthfulness of University Food Environments: A Systematic Review of Methods and Tools.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Instruments for assessing organisational food environments of workplaces: a scoping review.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- University Food Environment Assessment Methods and Their Implications: Protocol for a Systematic Review.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Healthy Food Policies Documented in University Food Service Contracts.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Adolescent Obesity Modeling: A Framework of Socio-Economic Analysis on Public Health.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundWhen dietary behaviors are habitual, intentions are low, and environmental cues, such as the consumer food environment, might guide behavior. How might intentions to eat healthily and ultimately actual dietary behaviors, be influenced by the consumer food environment (including the availability and affordability of healthy foods) in convenience stores? This study will determine pathways between the healthfulness of convenience stores and college students' dietary intentions/behaviors, and body mass index (BMI).
methodsThrough multilevel structural equation modeling, a comparison was made of students' healthful meal intentions (HMI); intake (fruits/vegetables, %kcal/fat, sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and whole-grains); and measured BMI; as well as the healthfulness of convenience stores (fruits/vegetables availability/quality, healthy food availability/affordability). Data was collected on 1401 students and 41 convenience stores across 13 US college campuses.
resultsControlling for gender, HMI was negatively associated with SSBs (
conclusionsHMI modifies dietary behaviors, with energy from fat and fruit/vegetable intake the most predictive of weight. Availability of fruit/vegetables in convenience stores make it easier for young adults to eat well.
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