Feeling well surrounded: Perceived societal support fosters healthy eating.
J Health Psychol
; 29(2): 113-122, 2024 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-37338136
Societal resources (e.g. recreational facilities, free online information, healthy food retail) are consistently found to be important facilitators for healthy eating. In the current research, we propose that healthy eating is not only facilitated by the actual available support in society, but equally well by individuals' subjective perception on how helpful the provided support truly is. We refer to the latter as "perceived societal support" and examine how this influences healthy eating. Across two experimental studies, we observe that perceived societal support positively affects healthy eating: People who perceive the available support as helpful are more likely to choose healthy food over unhealthy food (study 1) and consume less from an unhealthy food product (study 2) compared to people who perceive the available support as less helpful. These findings do not only contribute to existing literature on societal support and healthy eating behavior, but also provide important policy implications.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Preferencias Alimentarias
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Dieta Saludable
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Health Psychol
Asunto de la revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Año:
2024
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Article
País de afiliación:
Países Bajos
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido