Department of Consumer Sciences, Convergence Program for Social Innovation, College of Social Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Convergence Program for Social Innovation, College of Social Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Int J Equity Health. 2024 Apr 22;23(1):80. doi: 10.1186/s12939-024-02135-1.
The repercussions of food insecurity are widely recognized to negatively impact overall health and are influenced by a complex interplay of physiological, psychological, social, and environmental factors.
This study examined the disparities in food consumption and literacy between among food security households and food insecurity households using data from the Korea Rural Economic Institute's 2022 Consumer Behavior Survey for Food, which involved 3,321 respondents.
Food security households had a greater understanding of and better attitude toward healthier food choices than food insecurity households. Economic ability was identified as having the most significant association with food purchasing behavior, with food security households spending more on average than food insecurity households. Structural equation modeling demonstrated the association of knowledge and attitude with dietary implementation and underscored the significance of consumer literacy as a factor related to willingness to pay for healthier foods.
This study underscores the intertwined relationships among financial capacity, knowledge, and health-conscious dietary choices. It also suggests the need for targeted interventions addressing economic and educational gaps to foster healthier food consumption patterns across different socioeconomic contexts.
人们普遍认识到，食品安全问题会对整体健康产生负面影响，其受到生理、心理、社会和环境因素的复杂影响。
本研究使用韩国农村经济研究所 2022 年消费者食品行为调查的数据，调查了食品安全家庭和不安全家庭在食物消费和知识方面的差异，该调查涉及 3321 名受访者。
食品安全家庭比不安全家庭更了解和更倾向于选择更健康的食物。经济能力被认为与食物购买行为关联最大，食品安全家庭的平均支出高于不安全家庭。结构方程模型表明，知识和态度与饮食实施之间存在关联，并强调了消费者素养作为与支付更健康食品意愿相关的因素的重要性。
本研究强调了财务能力、知识和健康意识饮食选择之间的相互关系。它还表明，需要针对经济和教育差距采取有针对性的干预措施，以促进不同社会经济背景下更健康的食物消费模式。
