Rueter, Jana and Brandstetter, Susanne and Curbach, Janina and Lindacher, Verena and Warrelmann, Berit and Loss, Julika (2020) How Older Citizens in Germany Perceive and Handle Their Food Environment-A Qualitative Exploratory Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 17 (19): 6940. ISSN , 1660-4601
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Apart from individual factors like knowledge or personal motivation, the environment also influences a person's eating behaviour. Food environments can be described as the collective physical, economic, policy and sociocultural surroundings, opportunities and conditions that influence people's food choices and nutritional status. In order to explore how older citizens in rural Germany perceive and handle their food environment, we conducted semi-structured face-to-face interviews with 35 older adults (71 +/- 7 years), asking about micro-, meso- and macro-level influences on eating habits. Participants reported social factors to be crucial in shaping their diets, such as preferences of family members or social expectations connected to roles (guest, host). On a physical level, structural aspects and resources in their nearby surroundings influenced shopping and eating behaviour (for example access to an own vegetable garden, local shopping facilities and restaurants). Macro-level influences such as the food industry were hardly mentioned. Participants noticed that the environment affects their diets but dealt with undesired influences using strategies of adaptation and behaviour change, rather than challenging the environmental influences. Public health projects should raise the awareness of the multiple environmental influences on eating behaviour and also help people to create healthier food environments.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; HEALTHY FOOD; OBESOGENIC ENVIRONMENTS; VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION; PERCEPTIONS; ADULTS; OBESITY; DIET; CHOICES; INTERVENTIONS; perceived food environment; nutrition; older citizens; community |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Institut für Epidemiologie und Präventivmedizin Medicine > Institut für Epidemiologie und Präventivmedizin > Medical Sociology |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Mar 2021 09:37 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Mar 2021 09:37 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/43630 |
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