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- Title
Food choices of students with nutritional knowledge.
- Authors
POPESCU-MITROI, Maria-Monica; POPESCU-MITROI, Ionel
- Abstract
Objective: This exploratory study aims to identify at the students who have acquired basic nutritional knowledge theoptions based of what healthy / less healthy foods mean, to what extent the conservatism / novelty is important in choosing products and how much independent / dependent their food choices are in fact. Methods: The methodology used in this paper consisted in drawing up a 38-item questionnaire on food choices and its completion by 50 students who attended a nutrition course. Results: This study reveals on the following tree major lines developed by the questionnaire - at the axis healthy versus unhealthy food choices there are no significant differences between the two categories (Paired samples test, t = 1.20, p = 0.235), at the axis choices based on con servatism versus novelty are significant results for conser vatism (Paired samples test / t = 6.95, p = 0.000) and at the axis choices based on decisional independence versus dependence are significant results for independence (Paired samples test, t = 5.59, p = 0.000). Conclusions: The autonomy of adolescence supplemented by nutritional knowledge can have positive effects in terms of correct food choices. This study shows that students with nutritional knowledge make choices based on conservatism and independence. Implication: Basically, this paper makes a clear radiography of the respondents’ food choices and it may also provide through the questionnaire developed by us a starting point for developing new information, education and marketing strategies to promote the healthy food consumption.
- Subjects
FOOD consumption; TIMBERLINE; DIETARY supplements; EDUCATION marketing; MARKETING education
- Publication
Revista Nutrición Clínica y Dietética Hospitalaria, 2022, Vol 42, Issue 3, p34
- ISSN
0211-6057
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12873/423popescu