title: Is dietary fat intake related to liking or household availability of high- and low-fat foods?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Despite the increasing availability of low- and reduced-fat foods, Americans continue to consume more fat than recommended, which may be a contributing factor to the obesity epidemic. This investigation examined relationships between liking and household availability of high- and low-fat foods and their association with dietary fat intake.
  
  
  METHODS
  A food frequency questionnaire assessed percent calories from fat consumed over the past year in 85 men and 80 women. Participants reported their degree of liking 22 "high-fat foods" (>45% calories from fat) and 22 "low-fat foods" (<18% calories from fat), and the number and percentage (number of high- or low-fat foods/total number of foods x 100) of these high- and low-fat foods in their homes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hierarchical regression analyses examined the ability of liking and household availability of low- and high-fat foods to predict percent dietary fat intake. After controlling for age, sex, and BMI, liking ratings for high- and low-fat foods and the interaction of liking for low-fat foods by the percentage of low-fat foods in the household were significant predictors of percent dietary fat consumed. Greater liking of high-fat foods and lower liking of low-fat foods, both alone and combined with a lower percentage of low-fat foods in the home, were predictive of higher dietary fat intake.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions designed to reduce dietary fat intake should target both decreasing liking for high-fat foods and increasing liking for low-fat foods, along with increasing the proportion of low-fat foods in the household.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, and Human Behavior, Brown University, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. hraynor@lifespan.org
authors.forename: Hollie A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Raynor
authors.forename: Betsy A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Polley
authors.forename: Rena R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Wing
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Jeffery
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004032:Diet; D015930:Diet Records; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats