Associations of early adulthood life transitions with changes in fast food intake: a latent trajectory analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early adulthood is a period of rapid personal development when individuals experience major life transitions (e.g. leaving the parental home, leaving education, beginning employment, cohabitation and parenthood). Changes in social and physical environments associated with these transitions may influence development of health-related behaviours. Consumption of fast food is one behaviour associated with poor diet and long-term health outcomes. In this study we assess how frequency of fast food consumption changes across early adulthood, and how major life transitions are associated with changes in fast food intake.

Methods

Data were collected across four waves of the Project EAT study, from mean age 14.9 (SD = 1.6) to mean age 31.1 (SD = 1.6) years. Participants rep

SUBMITTER: Winpenny EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7547405 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature