Healthier eating: Covid-19 disruption as a catalyst for positive change

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Title

Healthier eating: Covid-19 disruption as a catalyst for positive change

Subject

ALIMENTOS
ALIMENTACION SALUDABLE
COVID-19
ESTADOS UNIDOS
ALIMENTOS-FACTORES DE ELECCION
BIBLIOGRAFIA NACIONAL QUIMICA
2021

Abstract

Healthy and sustainable diets are necessary for global development goals, but people struggle to modify their eating behaviours which are often habitual and resistant to change. However, disruption can provide the impetus for change, and in the present research we view the Covid-19 pandemic as a potential catalytic disruption with the potential to induce positive behaviour change. Data were obtained from ~900 USA adults, of which 44% selfreported to have made positive dietary change/s. Those who did so tended to be younger rather than older and with higher educational attainment. They also were less food neophobic than people who did not make positive change/s and placed greater importance on health as a motive of daily decisions about what to eat and drink. The contribution of psychographic variables in differentiating between groups of people who did / did not make positive changes once again show their importance in uncovering and explaining the complex factors that motivate food-related consumer behaviour. It seems this holds also when daily lives are disrupted by unforeseen events.

Creator

Jaeger, Sara R.
Vidal, Leticia
Ares, Gastón
Chheang, Sok L.
Spinelli, Sara

Source

Food Quality and Preference v. 92 ,2021.-- p. 1-6.--e104220

Publisher

Elsevier

Date

2021

Rights

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Format

Pdf

Language

Inglés

Type

Artículo

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2021.104220

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Pdf
Date Added
June 27, 2021
Collection
Bibliografía Nacional Química
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Citation
Jaeger, Sara R. et al., “Healthier eating: Covid-19 disruption as a catalyst for positive change,” RIQUIM - Repositorio Institucional de la Facultad de Química - UdelaR, accessed November 17, 2025, https://riquim.fq.edu.uy/items/show/6267.