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Family Consumption of Low Fat Foods: Stated Preference Versus Actual Consumption 1
Author(s) -
Weidner G.,
Archer S.,
Healy B.,
Matarazzo J. D.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1985.tb02273.x
Subject(s) - preference , food preference , psychology , consumption (sociology) , food choice , food consumption , social psychology , psychological intervention , developmental psychology , environmental health , food science , economics , medicine , sociology , microeconomics , agricultural economics , social science , chemistry , pathology , psychiatry
Food preferences for low fat, low cholesterol foods were obtained directly from 30 mother and child pairs. The food preferences of mothers and children were not related and both were not accurate in estimating each other's food likes. When food preferences of mother and child were correlated with stated frequency of consumption, virtually no relationships emerged. The best predictor of what was being served to the entire family was what the father (husband) liked to eat. These results suggest that dietary interventions in families should include the fathers.