Consequences of Picky Eating in College Students.

Autor: Dial LA; Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH. Electronic address: ladial@bgsu.edu., Jordan A; Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH., Emley E; Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH., Angoff HD; Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH., Varga AV; Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH., Musher-Eizenman DR; Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of nutrition education and behavior [J Nutr Educ Behav] 2021 Oct; Vol. 53 (10), pp. 822-831.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2021.07.006
Abstrakt: Objective: To examine the relation between young adult picky eating (PE) and psychosocial outcomes (eg, social phobia, quality of life) and dietary intake.
Design: Cross-sectional study including demographic, quantitative, and qualitative measures.
Participants: Midwestern undergraduate convenience sample (n = 488) recruited early 2020.
Main Outcome Measures: Picky eating identity and bias internalization, social phobia, quality of life, and dietary intake.
Analyses: Pearson correlations were conducted among study variables. Independent t tests compared picky eaters and nonpicky eaters on key variables. Qualitative data were coded using content analysis.
Results: Picky eaters reported eating less fiber (t[445] = -3.51; P < 0.001; d = 0.34) and vegetables (t[464] = -3.57; P < 0.001; d = 0.33), and reported more social phobia (t[336.84] = 4.04; P < 0.001; d = 0.39) than nonpicky eaters. Picky eating behaviors were positively correlated with PE identity (r[190] = 0.48; P < 0.001; R 2  = 0.23) and bias internalization (r[190] = 0.44; P < 0.001; R 2  = 0.19).
Conclusions and Implications: Future research might explore additional factors that theoretically overlap with PE behavior (eg, other eating styles, disordered eating patterns) or play a role in PE (eg, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive difficulties). A greater understanding of these factors may lead to intervention to reduce PE in adults. In addition, validation of the PE identity and PE distress measures is essential for future use and to replicate this study's findings.
(Copyright © 2021 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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