Irgat Serap İncedal, Bakırhan Hande, Bakırhan Yunus Emre, Sonkaya Zehra İncedal
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, Türkiye.
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kahramanmaraş İstiklal University, Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye.
BMC Public Health. 2024 Dec 20;24(1):3547. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-21091-7.
Revealing motivations in food choice and investigating the potential role of sustainable healthy eating behavior, ecological footprint awareness and food security in food choice are important points for a sustainable life. This study was conducted with 5285 adults aged 19-65 residing in Turkey to investigate their food choice motivations in terms of sustainable and healthy eating behavior, ecological footprint awareness, and the food insecurity perspective.
In this context, the Food Choice Questionnaire, the Sustainable and Healthy Eating Behaviors Scale, the Awareness Scale for Reducing Ecological Footprint and the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale were used. Pearson correlation analysis was used to examine relationships between scales. The effects of sustainable and healthy eating behaviors, ecological footprint awareness, and household food insecurity on food choice motivations were examined via path analysis.
A moderate positive (r = 0.47, p < 0.05) relationship was found between the participants' awareness levels of sustainable and healthy eating behaviors and reducing the ecological footprint. A weak negative (r=-0.22, p < 0.05) relationship was found between their awareness levels of ecological footprint reduction and household food insecurity, and a weak negative (r=-0.16, p < 0.05) relationship was found between sustainable and healthy eating behaviors and household food insecurity. The explanatory power of ecological footprint awareness, sustainable and healthy eating behaviors, and household food insecurity for food choices was 27.2%. It was observed that ecological footprint awareness (β = 0.21, p < 0.05) and sustainable and healthy eating behaviors (β = 0.38, p < 0.05) significantly and positively affected food choices.
The variables influencing food choices the most were sustainable and healthy eating behavior, ecological footprint awareness, and household food insecurity. Although there are various data in the literature on the multiple factors that determine food choices, a consensus on the effectiveness of these factors has yet to be reached. A comprehensive examination of this issue, including all the components, is needed.
揭示食物选择的动机，并探究可持续健康饮食行为、生态足迹意识和粮食安全在食物选择中的潜在作用，是实现可持续生活的重要方面。本研究对居住在土耳其的5285名19至65岁成年人进行，以从可持续和健康饮食行为、生态足迹意识以及粮食不安全角度调查他们的食物选择动机。
在此背景下，使用了食物选择问卷、可持续和健康饮食行为量表、减少生态足迹意识量表以及家庭粮食不安全获取量表。采用Pearson相关分析来检验各量表之间的关系。通过路径分析研究可持续和健康饮食行为、生态足迹意识以及家庭粮食不安全对食物选择动机的影响。
参与者的可持续和健康饮食行为意识水平与减少生态足迹之间存在中等程度的正相关（r = 0.47，p < 0.05）。他们的生态足迹减少意识与家庭粮食不安全之间存在微弱的负相关（r = -0.22，p < 0.05），可持续和健康饮食行为与家庭粮食不安全之间也存在微弱的负相关（r = -0.16，p < 0.05）。生态足迹意识、可持续和健康饮食行为以及家庭粮食不安全对食物选择的解释力为27.2%。观察到生态足迹意识（β = 0.21，p < 0.05）和可持续和健康饮食行为（β = 0.38，p < 0.05）对食物选择有显著的正向影响。
对食物选择影响最大的变量是可持续和健康饮食行为、生态足迹意识以及家庭粮食不安全。尽管文献中有关于决定食物选择的多种因素的各种数据，但尚未就这些因素的有效性达成共识。需要对这个问题进行全面审查，包括所有组成部分。
