Food Media and Dietary Behavior in a Belgian Adult Sample: How Obtaining Information From Food Media Sources Associates With Dietary Behavior

Objective: We aim to relate Flemish adults’ main food information sources (e.g., celebrity chefs, experts) with their dietary behavior. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey among 1115 Flemish adults who regularly cook, measured the food information sources the respondents used to obtain recipes, their dietary intake and dietary restrictions. Ordinal and logistic regression were used to investigate the relation between food media, dietary intake and dietary restrictions. Results: Celebrity chefs were mentioned most often (37%) as main food information source, followed by family and acquaint... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Proesmans, Viktor Lowie Juliaan
Vermeir, Iris
de Backer, Charlotte
Geuens, Maggie
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Reihe/Periodikum: International Journal of Public Health ; volume 67 ; ISSN 1661-8564
Verlag/Hrsg.: Frontiers Media SA
Schlagwörter: Public Health / Environmental and Occupational Health / Health (social science)
Sprache: unknown
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26926170
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604627

Objective: We aim to relate Flemish adults’ main food information sources (e.g., celebrity chefs, experts) with their dietary behavior. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey among 1115 Flemish adults who regularly cook, measured the food information sources the respondents used to obtain recipes, their dietary intake and dietary restrictions. Ordinal and logistic regression were used to investigate the relation between food media, dietary intake and dietary restrictions. Results: Celebrity chefs were mentioned most often (37%) as main food information source, followed by family and acquaintances (21%) and lifestyle gurus (12%). Using lifestyle gurus as a source of dietary information is associated with more dietary restrictions and a higher intake frequency of plant-based food groups, whereas using celebrity chefs or experts is associated with a different (but less unequivocal vegetarian or healthy) dietary intake. Conclusion: Media icons like lifestyle gurus and celebrity chefs appear to be among people’s main sources of food information. There is a significant association between using them as a source of food information and dietary behavior. Further research on the influence of media on diet is required.