School of Health Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
Food and Nutrition Research Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW 2305, Australia.
Nutrients. 2022 Dec 7;14(24):5218. doi: 10.3390/nu14245218.
Nutrition interventions to support young adults are needed due to low diet quality. The aims were to explore the (1) circumstances and (2) barriers regarding dietary habits of the young adult users of the No Money No Time (NMNT) healthy eating website with the lowest diet quality scores. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted from August-September 2022 with a sample of NMNT users aged 18-35 years with low diet quality (defined as Healthy Eating Quiz score 0-38/73). The survey included demographics (e.g., gender), circumstances (6-item US Food Security Survey, Cooking and Food Skills Confidence Measures), and challenges and resources used in relation to healthy eating (open-responses). Theoretical thematic analysis was used to analyse open-response questions and derive main themes. The study sample ( = 108; 71.3% female, median age 28; 28.7% food insecure) had a mean (standard deviation) Cooking Skills score 70.2 (17.5)/98, and median (interquartile range) Food Skills score 96.0 (83.5-107.5)/133. The main challenges regarding healthy eating were (1) time and (2) cost, and the main resources to support healthy eating were (1) online resources (e.g., websites, Google) and (2) recipes. Findings identify possible targets for future interventions to support healthy eating in this vulnerable group (e.g., supporting cooking and food skills).
由于饮食质量较低，需要针对年轻人开展营养干预。本研究旨在探索饮食质量评分最低的 No Money No Time（NMNT）健康饮食网站年轻用户（18-35 岁）的饮食习惯的（1）情况和（2）障碍。2022 年 8 月至 9 月，对 NMNT 低饮食质量用户（定义为健康饮食测试得分 0-38/73）进行了在线横断面调查。该调查包括人口统计学特征（例如，性别）、情况（6 项美国食品保障调查、烹饪和食品技能信心量表）以及与健康饮食相关的挑战和资源（开放式回答）。采用理论主题分析对开放式回答问题进行分析，并得出主要主题。研究样本（n=108；71.3%为女性，中位年龄 28 岁；28.7%为食品不安全）的烹饪技能平均（标准偏差）得分为 70.2（17.5）/98，食品技能平均（中位数[四分位距]）得分为 96.0（83.5-107.5）/133。健康饮食的主要挑战是（1）时间和（2）成本，支持健康饮食的主要资源是（1）在线资源（例如网站、谷歌）和（2）食谱。研究结果确定了针对这一脆弱群体未来支持健康饮食的干预措施的可能目标（例如，支持烹饪和食品技能）。
