Food Choices of Young Adults in the United States of America: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Understanding food choice is critical to developing effective health promotion efforts to counter the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Although physiologic, environmental, and social factors influence the development of health conditions, routine decisions, such as food choice, also contribute substantially over time. Behavioral scientists believe that these routine decisions represent a key opportunity to improve population health. We conducted a scoping review of both health and business literature to identify themes in the food choices of young adults aged 19-24 y in the United States. Informed by the Joanna Briggs Institute processes for scoping reviews, we conducted a structured search of 8 health and business databases on 18 April 2017. The databases we

SUBMITTER: Powell PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6520045 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature