title: Conscripts' attitudes towards health and eating. Changes during the military service and associations with eating.
abstract: The study explores young men's (n=290) attitudes towards food and eating before and during military service and their associations with eating of sweet and fatty foods. Before service eating of sweet foods was associated negatively with health interest and positively with craving for sweet foods and using food as a reward, and eating of fatty foods negatively with health interest. At six months of service, craving, using food as a reward and pleasure increased, whereas health interest remained stable. At six months, eating of sweet foods was negatively associated with health interest and positively with craving. Mentally and physically hard conditions and easy access to indulgence items, affect the food related attitudes and food consumption among conscripts.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland. piia.jallinoja@thl.fi
authors.forename: Piia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jallinoja
authors.forename: Hely
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tuorila
authors.forename: Anni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ojajärvi
authors.forename: Clarissa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bingham
authors.forename: Antti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uutela
authors.forename: Pilvikki
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Absetz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology*; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013649:Taste; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats