Schickenberg B, van Assema P, Brug J, de Vries N K
Department of Health Education and Promotion, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Public Health Nutr. 2008 May;11(5):493-500. doi: 10.1017/S1368980007000778. Epub 2007 Aug 9.
To assess participants' acquaintance with and willingness to try healthful food alternatives, and to test the psychometric properties of an adapted Dutch version of the Food Neophobia Scale (FNS) in order to study the role of food neophobia in this context.
A cross-sectional study incorporating two web-based questionnaires, including a retest of the FNS one week later. Measures included acquaintance with and willingness to try 15 healthful food alternatives, level of food neophobia, level of education, gender and age. Multiple linear regression analyses were used to study associations between demographics and level of food neophobia as well as associations between level of food neophobia and acquaintance with and willingness to try the healthful alternatives.
The study was conducted in The Netherlands using a representative Internet panel.
A total of 326 participants aged 18-50 years participated.
Internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the FNS version used were sufficient. On average participants were acquainted with 7.9 of the products and modestly willing to try the products. Lowly educated participants had significantly higher FNS scores than highly educated participants (beta = -0.23, P < 0.01). FNS score was significantly associated with acquaintance with (beta = -0.21, P < 0.001) and willingness to try the healthful alternatives (beta = -0.26, P < 0.001).
Further research into the role of food neophobia is warranted when wanting to stimulate the integration of healthful alternative products in the daily diet, especially among persons with low education.
评估参与者对健康食品替代品的了解程度和尝试意愿，并测试荷兰语改编版食物新恐惧症量表（FNS）的心理测量特性，以研究食物新恐惧症在此背景下的作用。
一项横断面研究，采用两份基于网络的问卷，包括一周后对FNS的重测。测量指标包括对15种健康食品替代品的了解程度和尝试意愿、食物新恐惧症水平、教育程度、性别和年龄。使用多元线性回归分析来研究人口统计学与食物新恐惧症水平之间的关联，以及食物新恐惧症水平与对健康替代品的了解程度和尝试意愿之间的关联。
该研究在荷兰使用代表性互联网面板进行。
共有326名年龄在18至50岁之间的参与者。
所使用的FNS版本的内部一致性和重测信度足够。参与者平均了解7.9种产品，并有适度的意愿尝试这些产品。受教育程度低的参与者的FNS得分显著高于受教育程度高的参与者（β = -0.23，P < 0.01）。FNS得分与对健康替代品的了解程度（β = -0.21，P < 0.001）和尝试意愿（β = -0.26，P < 0.001）显著相关。
当想要促进健康替代产品融入日常饮食时，尤其是在低教育人群中，有必要对食物新恐惧症的作用进行进一步研究。
