Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
Ecol Food Nutr. 2021 Mar-Apr;60(2):257-272. doi: 10.1080/03670244.2020.1850448. Epub 2020 Nov 22.
The purpose of this nationally-representative cross-sectional study was to investigate the association of fruit and vegetable consumption and food safety and health risk attitudes with happiness among Thai people. The study employed a multi-stage sampling design. A total of 6,955 Thai residents age 15 years or older from four geographic regions and Bangkok in Thailand participated in the study. Information on self-reported happiness, daily fruit, and vegetable consumption, sociodemographic characteristics, and risk attitudes were collected via survey questionnaires. Multiple regression analysis was used in investigating the association between risk attitudes, fruit and vegetable consumption, and happiness, adjusting for the covariates sequentially. Risk attitudes and sufficient fruit and vegetable intake were found to be significantly associated with happiness. The positive association between risk attitudes toward health safety, food safety, and happiness were found to be statistically significant. People who had sufficient fruit and vegetable intake had a 0.187 higher happiness score than those who had insufficient fruit and vegetable intake. These findings could be used by policymakers and public health practitioners to design better interventions that can target specific populations with different risk attitudes and improve their psychological well-being via increasing FV consumption.
本全国代表性横断面研究旨在调查泰国人水果和蔬菜消费、食品安全和健康风险态度与幸福感之间的关系。该研究采用多阶段抽样设计。共有来自泰国四个地区和曼谷的 6955 名 15 岁及以上的泰国居民参与了这项研究。通过问卷调查收集了自我报告的幸福感、每日水果和蔬菜消费、社会人口特征和风险态度信息。采用多元回归分析，在依次调整协变量后，调查风险态度、水果和蔬菜消费与幸福感之间的关系。风险态度和充足的水果和蔬菜摄入与幸福感显著相关。健康安全风险态度、食品安全风险态度与幸福感之间存在正相关关系，且具有统计学意义。与摄入水果和蔬菜不足的人相比，摄入充足水果和蔬菜的人幸福感得分高 0.187。这些发现可以为政策制定者和公共卫生从业者提供参考，以便通过增加 FV 消费来设计更好的干预措施，针对具有不同风险态度的特定人群，并通过提高 FV 消费来改善他们的心理健康。
