title: Profiling healthy eaters. Determining factors that predict healthy eating practices among Dutch adults.
abstract: Research has identified multiple factors that predict unhealthy eating practices. However what remains poorly understood are factors that promote healthy eating practices. This study aimed to determine a set of factors that represent a profile of healthy eaters. This research applied Antonovsky's salutogenic framework for health development to examine a set of factors that predict healthy eating in a cross-sectional study of Dutch adults. Data were analyzed from participants (n = 703) who completed the study's survey in January 2013. Logistic regression analysis was performed to test the association of survey factors on the outcome variable high dietary score. In the multivariate logistic regression model, five factors contributed significantly (p < .05) to the predictive ability of the overall model: being female; living with a partner; a strong sense of coherence (construct from the salutogenic framework), flexible restraint of eating, and self-efficacy for healthy eating. Findings complement what is already known of the factors that relate to poor eating practices. This can provide nutrition promotion with a more comprehensive picture of the factors that both support and hinder healthy eating practices. Future research should explore these factors to better understand their origins and mechanisms in relation to healthy eating practices.
authors: Health and Society Chair Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 8130, Wageningen 6700EW, The Netherlands. Electronic address: emily.swan@wur.nl.
authors: Emily
authors: E
authors: Swan
authors: Health and Society Chair Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 8130, Wageningen 6700EW, The Netherlands.
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Bouwman
authors: Strategic Communication Chair Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 8130, Wageningen 6700EW, The Netherlands.
authors: Gerrit Jan
authors: GJ
authors: Hiddink
authors: Strategic Communication Chair Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 8130, Wageningen 6700EW, The Netherlands; ASCor (Amsterdam School for Communication Research), University of Amsterdam, PO Box 15793, Amsterdam 1001 NG, The Netherlands.
authors: Noelle
authors: N
authors: Aarts
authors: Health and Society Chair Group, Wageningen University, PO Box 8130, Wageningen 6700EW, The Netherlands.
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Koelen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003710:Demography; D004032:Diet; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D020377:Self Efficacy; D060685:Sense of Coherence
keywords: Diet; Health promotion; Healthy eating; Nutrition; Salutogenesis; Sense of coherence