The Influence of Gender and Self-Efficacy on Healthy Eating in a Low-Income Urban Population Affected by Structural Changes to the Food Environment

Although US obesity prevention efforts have begun to implement avariety of system and environmental change strategies to addressthe underlying socioecological barriers to healthy eating, factorswhich can impede or facilitate community acceptance of suchinterventions are often poorly understood. This...

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Published in:Journal of Obesity 2014-01, Vol.2014 (2014), p.br1-12
Main Authors: Piron, Jennifer, Ponce, Mirna, Smith, Lisa V., Robles, Brenda, Kuo, Tony
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Analysis
Care and treatment
Environment
Feeding Behavior
Female
Health aspects
Health Behavior
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Los Angeles
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Natural foods
Obesity
Obesity - prevention & control
Poverty
Reading
Risk factors
Self Efficacy
Self-efficacy (Psychology)
Sex Factors
Urban poor
Urban Population
Young Adult
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Summary:Although US obesity prevention efforts have begun to implement avariety of system and environmental change strategies to addressthe underlying socioecological barriers to healthy eating, factorswhich can impede or facilitate community acceptance of suchinterventions are often poorly understood. This is due, in part,to the paucity of subpopulation health data that are available tohelp guide local planning and decision-making. We contribute tothis gap in practice by examining area-specific health data for apopulation targeted by federally funded nutrition interventions inLos Angeles County. Using data from a local health assessment thatcollected information on sociodemographics, self-reported healthbehaviors, and objectively measured height, weight, and bloodpressure for a subset of low-income adults (n= 720), we compared health risks and predictors of healthy eatingacross at-risk groups using multivariable modeling analyses. Ourmain findings indicate being a woman and having high self-efficacyin reading Nutrition Facts labels were strong predictors ofhealthy eating (P
ISSN:2090-0708
2090-0716
DOI:10.1155/2014/908391