title: Work hours and perceived time barriers to healthful eating among young adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe time-related beliefs and behaviors regarding healthful eating, indicators of dietary intake, and their associations with the number of weekly hours of paid work among young adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Population-based study in a diverse cohort (N=2287).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Working > 40 hours per week was associated with time-related barriers to healthful eating most persistently among young adult men. Associations were found among females working both part-time and > 40 hours per week with both time-related barriers and dietary intake.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings indicate that intervention strategies, ideally those addressing time burden, are needed to promote healthful eating among young, working adults.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. khescoto@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Kamisha Hamilton
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Escoto
authors.forename: Melissa Nelson
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Laska
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: Dianne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Neumark-Sztainer
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hannan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008910:Minnesota; D013997:Time Factors; D016526:Workload; D055815:Young Adult