The dynamics of eating behaviors and eating environment in college students: discrepancies between app-tracked dietary intake and self-perceived food consumption.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People's eating behaviors are affected by their eating environment, particularly who they eat with and where they eat. This relationship is more pronounced in young adults whose behaviors are more likely to be influenced by their environment, but data were limited from this population. This study aims to examine the relationship between dietary intake and eating environment in young adults, and to compare dietary intake logged in a mobile app with self-perceived food consumption reported in daily surveys.

Methods

A total of 41 American college students aged 18 to 25 years, from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, participated. They logged dietary intake using Nutritionix, a dietary tracking app, and completed daily surveys documenting their eating behaviors, en

SUBMITTER: Hong YA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12593974 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature