BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES To encourage healthier food choices for children in fast-food restaurants, many initiatives have been proposed. This study aimed to examine the effect of disclosing nutritional information on parents' meal choices for their children at fast-food restaurants in South Korea. SUBJECTS/METHODS An online experimental survey using a menu board was conducted with 242 parents of...

The demand for food has been increasing throughout the years, with notable preferences animal-based foods. Considering impact of excessive consumption on environment and public health, international organisations scientific literature have advised a large-scale transition towards healthier more sustainable consumptions, i.e., systematic decrease in followed by an increase plant-based consumptio...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether people who buy wine buy healthier food items than those who buy beer. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTING Supermarkets in Denmark. Data Information on number, type of item, and total charge from 3.5 million transactions over a period of six months. RESULTS Wine buyers bought more olives, fruit and vegetables, poultry, cooking oil, and low fat cheese, mil...

OBJECTIVE To assess the dietary intake of adolescents compared with the Brazilian Food Guide and to explore their differences according to anthropometric data and physical activity. METHODS A total of 476 adolescents from public schools of Piracicaba, SP, Brazil participated in this study. A semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire was used to estimate food group intake of adolescents. ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the relative incidence of age-related diseases in a group of centenarian offspring who have thus far been considered to be predisposed to "healthy" aging. DESIGN Longitudinal study. SETTING Nationwide sample. PARTICIPANTS Four hundred forty centenarian offspring and 192 referent cohort subjects who met inclusion criteria of having initial and follow-up health question...

Do people's perceptions that they live in a harsh environment influence their food choices? Drawing on life-history theory, we propose that cues indicating that the current environment is harsh (e.g., news about an economic crisis, the sight of people facing adversity in life) lead people to perceive that resources in the world are scarce. As a consequence, people seek and consume more filling ...

This research examines how identity-based interventions can improve consumer health. Results of laboratory and field experiments reveal that associating risky health behaviors with a social identity people do not want to signal can contaminate the behaviors and lead consumers to make healthier choices. College freshman reported consuming less alcohol (experiment 2), and restaurant patrons selec...