Public perceptions of cooking and the implications for cooking behaviour in the USA.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Despite the importance of cooking in modern life, public perceptions about what it means to cook are unknown. We aimed to examine perceptions of cooking and their association with cooking confidence, attitudes and behaviours in the USA.

Design

We designed and fielded a nationally representative survey among US adults (n 1112) in April 2015. We used factor analysis to identify perceptions about cooking and multivariate ordered logit and Poisson models to explore associations between those perceptions and cooking confidence, attitudes and behaviours.

Setting

Nationally representative web-based survey of US adults.

Subjects

US adults aged ≥18 years.

Results

Americans conceptualized cooking in three ways: the use of scratch ingredients, convenience

SUBMITTER: Wolfson JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10270854 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature