Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "GF Ingrassia", University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Nutrients. 2022 Oct 21;14(20):4418. doi: 10.3390/nu14204418.
While personal characteristics have been evaluated as determinants of dietary choices over the years, only recently studies have looked at the impact of eating context. Examining eating context, however, can be challenging. Here, we propose the use of a web-app for the Ecological Momentary Assessment of dietary habits among 138 college students from Catania (Italy) and therefore for examining the impact of eating context on dietary choices. Eating away from home was associated with lower odds of consuming vegetables, fruits, and legumes and higher odds of consuming processed meat, salty snacks, and alcoholic drinks compared with eating at home. Eating in the company of other people was associated with higher odds of consuming vegetables, red meat, fish, legumes, milk, and sugar-sweetened beverages and lower odds of consuming nuts than eating alone. This study proposed a new way to capture and assess how eating environment might affect dietary habits. Based on our results, meal location and social context have significant effects on the dietary choices of college students, pointing to the need to incorporate these aspects into further epidemiological studies.
虽然个人特征多年来一直被评估为饮食选择的决定因素，但直到最近才有研究关注饮食环境的影响。然而，研究饮食环境可能具有挑战性。在这里，我们提出使用网络应用程序来评估来自意大利卡塔尼亚的 138 名大学生的饮食习惯，以研究饮食环境对饮食选择的影响。与在家就餐相比，外出就餐与食用蔬菜、水果和豆类的几率较低，而食用加工肉类、咸零食和含酒精饮料的几率较高。与独自用餐相比，与他人一起用餐与食用蔬菜、红色肉类、鱼类、豆类、牛奶和加糖饮料的几率较高，而食用坚果的几率较低。本研究提出了一种新的方法来捕捉和评估饮食环境如何影响饮食习惯。基于我们的结果，用餐地点和社交环境对大学生的饮食选择有显著影响，这表明需要将这些方面纳入进一步的流行病学研究中。
