OBJECTIVE This report examines how sources of fat and patterns of fat-related dietary habits differed between black, Hispanic and white women participating in a randomized trial of a low-fat diet intervention. DESIGN The intervention consisted of group sessions, which met weekly for 6 weeks, biweekly for 6 weeks and monthly for 9 months, and included didactic nutrition education and activitie...

We study and quantify the variation in healthful consumption habits across income brackets in the United States. Using a detailed grocery shopping database, we document a positive nutrition-income gradient: the highest-income quartile of households buy groceries that are 0.25 standard deviations more healthful than the lowest-income quartile. We then study the underlying mechanisms leading to t...

Research on materialism has burgeoned in the last two decades, yet little is known about how people higher versus lower in this consumer values orientation differ in their dayto-day spending habits and in their emotional reactions to spending on purchases. The present study used an event-sampling method over a 3-week period to address these questions in a community adult sample. Results showed ...

Objective: The Turkish anti-tobacco law was accepted and effectuated in 1996. All forms of cigarette advertising, the sale of tobacco products to persons under the age of 18 and smoking in public institutions were all restricted. In this paper, we aimed to evaluate the influence of the Turkish antitobacco law on children for the periods before the law, after three years and after 10 years. Mate...

Consumers in current society have become increasingly concerned with the negative impacts their products purchased have on both their individual health and the natural environment. However, consumers have received very little support in their attempt to adopt more eco-effective purchasing habits. There exist environmental decision support systems (EDSS) that allow consumers compare alternatives...

The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic changed significantly our everyday life. Many established habits have altered and people were imposed to live more distant than before. These brought notable shifts in way we feel, behave, consequently purchasing ways. This paper aims investigate whether perceived differences quality life, stress, depression led different ways adapting new behavioral patterns...

BackgroundThe ability to grocery shop is an important aspect of maintaining adequate nutritional status among older adults. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many adults changed their typical shopping habits attempting remain safe.ObjectiveTo understand how pandemic influenced adults’ habits.Study Design, Setting, ParticipantsIn this qualitative study, a total 23 aged 60 years or participated in in...