The lack of information regarding older adults' health and lifestyles makes it difficult to design suitable interventions for people at risk of developing unhealth lifestyles. Therefore, there is a need to increase knowledge about older adults' food patterns and quality of life. Our aim was to determine associations among food patterns, anxiety, depression, and life satisfaction in Norwegian in...

BACKGROUND Low dietary quality is a key contributor to obesity and related illnesses, and lower income is generally associated with worse dietary profiles. The unequal geographic distribution of healthy food resources could be a key contributor to income disparities in dietary profiles. PURPOSE To explore the role that economic segregation can have in creating income differences in healthy ea...

BACKGROUND Obesity is a growing public health concern in Canada. Excess weight is particularly a concern among youth given that obesity in youth predicts obesity in adulthood. Eating behaviors, both inside and outside the home have been associated with increased risk of obesity; however, there is little data among Canadian youth to monitor trends. METHODS The School Health Action, Planning an...

Although dietary diversity is universally recognized as a key component of healthy diets, there is still a lack of consensus on how to measure and operationalize it. This paper focuses on the issues of dietary diversity in developing countries. It also draws upon experience from developed countries to address the following questions: 1. How is dietary diversity conceptualized, operationalized, ...

Although previous studies have established the effectiveness of using small reward-based incentives in inducing the choice and consumption of healthier foods among children, little is known about their impact outside of experimental settings or their effectiveness over time when administered daily. This paper presents the results of a field experiment conducted to provide insight on these matte...

Background: Food prices influence food choices. Purchasing foods with higher nutritional quality for their price may help improve the diet quality of socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals. Objective: This study aimed to describe the co-construction and evaluation of the Opticourses prevention program, which promotes healthy eating among participants in socioeconomically deprived situation...

BACKGROUND This study evaluates the changes in Spain between 2006 and 2012, of school-based policies encouraging healthy eating and the undertaking of physical activity (PA). METHODS A longitudinal study was undertaken comprising 277 representative schools from all the regions of Spain. The questionnaires were completed by the school management board. An indicator for school policies on PA wa...

Other employees have noticed the group’s apple and healthy eating habit, and Mason, a wellness coordinator at Bon Secours Medical Associates, encourages them by example. She also extols the benefits of regular exercise. And she and coworkers filled out their Commitment Cards, consistently log in on BSHSI wellness and participate on the daily challenges, activities and pledge to continue the jou...