Titel
Social class differences in dietary intake are mediated by the relationship between health and taste: Findings from a cross-sectional and longitudinal study
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Abstract
In a cross-sectional (Study 1) and longitudinal (Study 2) study, the authors examined whether the associations between social class and dietary intake and between social class and overweight are mediated by the relationship between health and taste. In Study 1 (N = 1,027), the assumed (“unhealthy = tasty” belief) and the actual (correlation between health and taste ratings of individual meals) health-taste relationship were assessed as mediators of the association between social class and dietary intake and social class and overweight in a German population. The research question was investigated using correlational analyses and mediation models. The results show consistent associations between social class, daily fruit and vegetable intake, and body mass index (BMI). These associations were partially mediated by the assumed and actual health-taste relationship. In Study 2 (N = 794), we analysed social class, the assumed health-taste relationship, dietary intake, and BMI at three different time points between 2011 and 2018 in a Dutch population. Social class predicted dietary intake (but not BMI), partially mediated by the assumed health-taste relationship. Our research points to an underlying mechanism of dietary inequality that goes beyond material resources such as income or education, namely the relationship between health and taste of food.
Stichwort
HealthinessTastinessHealthy eatingBeliefSocial classSocioeconomic status
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:2035972
Erschienen in
Titel
Food Quality and Preference
Band
109
ISSN
0950-3293
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Publication
Elsevier BV
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Zugänglichkeit
Rechte
Rechteangabe
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