Self-Efficacy as a Mediator of the Relationship between the Perceived Food Environment and Healthy Eating in a Low Income Population in Los Angeles County

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• Alternative Title:
  J Immigr Minor Health
• Personal Author:
  Gase, Lauren N. ; Glenn, Beth ; Kuo, Tony
• Description:
  Background
  
  While previous studies have described psychosocial and environmental factors that contribute to healthy eating, much remains unknown about the interactions between them.
  
  Methods
  
  We assessed the relationship between the perceived food environment, self-efficacy and fruit and vegetable consumption, using data from a sample of racially diverse, low-income adult clientele of five public health centers in Los Angeles County (n=1,503). We constructed a negative binomial regression model to examine the association between perceived food environment and the number of fruits and vegetables consumed.
  
  Results
  
  For every one point increase on the perceived food environment scale, individuals ate about 5% more fruits and vegetables (95% CI: 1.007, 1.089), controlling for other covariates. Self-efficacy was shown to be a significant mediator (mediated effect = 0.010; 95% confidence interval 0.002, 0.020), accounting for 22.9% of the effect.
  
  Discussion
  
  Efforts to increase access to healthy options may not only improve eating behaviors, but also influence individuals' beliefs that they can eat healthfully.
• Subjects:
  • Adult
  • Attitude to Health
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Diet, Healthy
  • Educational Status
  • Feeding Behavior
  • Female
  • Fruit
  • Health Status Disparities
  More +
• Keywords:
  • fruit and vegetable consumption
  • healthy eating
  • obesity
  • self-efficacy
• Source:
  J Immigr Minor Health. 18(2):345-352
• Pubmed ID:
  25774038
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4827923
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  TL1 TR000121/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U58 DP002485/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; 3U58DP002485-01S1/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; TL1TR000121/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/40404/cdc_40404_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 178.96 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b8db16687518817ca8c73e4a315d81262fe5faad4c0a3c283287cf4a0c1a5644