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The impact of home, work, and church environments on fat intake over time among rural residents: a longitudinal observational study

Authors: Regine Haardörfer, Iris Alcantara, Ann Addison, Karen Glanz, Michelle C. Kegler

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2016

Abstract

Background

Dietary behaviors are influenced by many individual and environmental factors. This study explores how dietary fat intake in high-risk midlife adults living in the rural south is influenced by three behavior settings, i.e. in the home, at work, and at church.

Methods

Self-report data were collected from rural African American or Caucasian adults age 40–70 at three time points at baseline, 6, and 12 months post baseline. Multilevel analyses investigated the impact of determinants of fat intake over time.

Results

Home and work environments varied significantly over time in regard to healthy eating while church environments remained stable. Age, gender, and self-efficacy for healthy eating were individual factors associated with fat intake. In the home, presence of more high fat items, a time-varying variable, was significant. In the work environment, having access to healthy foods as well as healthy eating programs has positive impact as did hearing healthy eating messages and availability of healthy foods at church.

Conclusions

Understanding stability and variability of dietary fat intake from a social ecologic perspective will aid in identifying targets of change for intervention. Understanding which components of key behavior settings are dynamic and which are relatively stable will help to disentangle the complexity of multi-level determinants of dietary behavior.

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Title: The impact of home, work, and church environments on fat intake over time among rural residents: a longitudinal observational study
Authors: Regine Haardörfer
Iris Alcantara
Ann Addison
Karen Glanz
Michelle C. Kegler
Publication date: 01-12-2015
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2764-z

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The impact of home, work, and church environments on fat intake over time among rural residents: a longitudinal observational study

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