Nutrition information, Mediterranean diet, and weight: A structural equation approach

IF 1.9 4区经济学 Q2 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika Pub Date : 2020-01-27 DOI:10.17221/25/2019-agricecon

A. Cavaliere, Elena Siletti, A. Banterle

引用次数: 6

Abstract

This paper studies the relationships between adherence to the Mediterranean diet, food-related information, and possible effects they could jointly exert on weight status. The empirical analysis was conducted via a consumer survey using face-to-face interviews, and a structural equation model was implemented to the data analysis. This model choice was led by its ability to simultaneously evaluate multiple constructs. The results outline the central role played by adherence to the Mediterranean diet and food-related information, both in terms of nutritional knowledge and expert recommendations, which seem to be the key drivers affecting healthy weight. Moreover, food label use increases the nutritional knowledge of consumers, which in turn favours a healthy diet.

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营养信息，地中海饮食和体重:结构方程方法

本文研究了坚持地中海饮食、食物相关信息之间的关系，以及它们可能共同对体重状况产生的影响。实证分析采用面对面访谈的消费者调查方式，采用结构方程模型对数据进行分析。这个模型的选择是由它同时评估多个构念的能力导致的。研究结果概述了坚持地中海饮食和食物相关信息的核心作用，包括营养知识和专家建议，这似乎是影响健康体重的关键因素。此外，食品标签的使用增加了消费者的营养知识，这反过来又有利于健康饮食。

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来源期刊

Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika Agricultural Economics & Policy-

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

4.50%

发文量

审稿时长

30 weeks

期刊介绍： An international peer-reviewed journal published under the auspices of the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. Published since 1954 (by 1999 under the title Zemědělská ekonomika).Thematic scope: original scientific papers dealing with agricultural subjects from the sphere of economics, management, informatics, ecology, social economy and sociology. Since 1993 the papers continually treat problems which were published in the journal Sociologie venkova a zemědělství until now. An extensive scope of subjects in fact covers the whole of agribusiness, that means economic relations of suppliers and producers of inputs for agriculture and food industry, problems from the aspects of social economy and rural sociology and finally the economics of the population nutrition. Papers are published in English.