Food Media and Dietary Behavior in a Belgian Adult Sample: How Obtaining Information From Food Media Sources Associates With Dietary Behavior.

ABSTRACT: Objective: We aim to relate Flemish adults' main food information sources (e.g., celebrity chefs, experts) with their dietary behavior. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey among 1115 Flemish adults who regularly cook, measured the food information sources the respondents used to obtain recipes, their dietary intake and dietary restrictions. Ordinal and logistic regression were used to investigate the relation between food media, dietary intake and dietary restrictions. Results: Celebrity chefs were mentioned most often (37%) as main food information source, followed by family and acquaintances (21%) and lifestyle gurus (12%). Using lifestyle gurus as a source of dietary information is associated with more dietary restrictions and a higher intake frequency of plant

SUBMITTER: Proesmans VLJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9169530 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature