Ranking of meal preferences and interactions with demographic characteristics: a discrete choice experiment in young adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The diet of young adults is poor, yet little is known about the relative importance of influences on healthy eating in a decision-making context. The aim of this exploratory study was to understand the relative ranking of influences on meal choices in young adults and to investigate interactions between meal preferences and demographic and health characteristics.

Methods

Adults aged 18-30 years (n = 92, mean age: 23.9 (SD 3.4) years) completed an online discrete choice experiment. Participants were presented with 12 choice sets reflecting a typical weekday meal and were asked to choose between four meal options. Each meal consisted of a combination of five meal attributes (preparation time, cost, taste, familiarity and nutrition content) that each had three attrib

SUBMITTER: Livingstone KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7708905 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature