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Characteristics and Perception of Healthy Food as Perceived by College Students

Year: 2011

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This study was designed to determine the characteristics of healthy food as reported by college students at a university in the southwestern United States. The results of this study validated the premise that healthy foods could be identified by classifying several features common to them, and that healthy food could then be defined using these characteristics: “low calorie food” (α=.869), “low greasy food & healthy drink” (α=.764), and “low cholesterol food “ (α=.734). This study helped to classify the characteristics of healthy food and, therefore, this information could be used to develop healthy menus in university foodservice settings and related marketplaces.

Source: ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Authors: Sangmook Lee, Naehyun Jin, Deborah Fowler, Jessica Yuan

Language: English

Topic: Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior

Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics

Field: Nursing

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2142873668

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Cites: 31

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10