Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Psychology
Journal Title
Journal of American College Health
Pub Date
2024
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Abstract
Objective: This study investigated collegians’ (N = 466) vegetable consumption as a function of their food choice motivations, gender, and dietary habits. Method: Vegetarians and vegans (veg*ns, n = 94, 60% women), occasional meat eaters (n = 90, 66% women), and omnivores (n = 282, 43% women) completed the Food Choice Questionnaire and reported frequency of vegetable consumption. Results: Veg*ns consumed vegetables more frequently than omnivores and occasional meat eaters. Veg*ns’ and occasional meat eaters’ food choices were more motivated by natural content, health, and ethics, and less by familiarity compared to omnivores. Women were more motivated than men by weight control. Health concerns predicted vegetable consumption for all dietary groups. Additionally, familiarity predicted veg*ns vegetable consumption, whereas mood, natural content, and convenience predicted omnivores’ vegetable consumption. Conclusions: Individual differences in dietary habits and food choice motivations should be considered when designing strategies to promote healthful diets for university students.
Recommended Citation
Krishnamurti, Harini and Forestell, Catherine A., The role of vegetarianism, gender, and food choice motivations on vegetable intake among university students (2024). Journal of American College Health.
https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2024.2400102
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2024.2400102
Publisher Statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Journal of American College Health.https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2024.2400102. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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