Short Communication - (2022) Volume 7, Issue 8
Received: 01-Aug-2022, Manuscript No. IPJCO-22-14420; Editor assigned: 03-Aug-2022, Pre QC No. IPJCO-22-14420 (PQ); Reviewed: 17-Aug-2022, QC No. IPJCO-22-14420; Revised: 22-Aug-2022, Manuscript No. IPJCO-22-14420 (R); Published: 29-Aug-2022, DOI: 10.36648/2572-5394.7.8.113
Limited studies have examined the nutrition and health beliefs and decisions of athletes and how those decisions match the recommendations of nutrition professionals. This study aimed to improve our understanding of athletes’ nutrition-related beliefs and practices so that nutrition professionals can improve their performance more effectively while protecting their health. Division I college athletes from various sports were recruited to participate in her 20-minute semi-structured telephone interviews on food and nutrition related behaviors and cognitions. Prominent factors influencing athletes’ dietary choices were potential health and performance benefits, food availability, and recommendations from sports nutritionists.
The diet of the population usually falls short of recommendations. The impact on disease and quality of life is well known, as are the resulting health care costs. One area of growing interest within public health nutrition is the structure of food choices. How food is chosen and its subsequent impact on food choice. In particular, there are incentives to manipulate decision-making architectures to influence individual food choices. This review reviews the current understanding of food choice architectures, the theoretical background of nudging, and the evidence for the effectiveness of nudging strategies, and their design and implementation. Interventions highlighting the role of nudge strategies examined changes in food accessibility, availability, and use of presentations and prompts. Experimental studies are conducted in laboratories, online, and in real-world food settings with different populations. The evidence regarding the effectiveness of nudge strategies in altering dietary choices is encouraging. Still poorly described support mechanisms have been suggested to be related to the principles of excellence, social norms, and least effort. Recent evidence supports the effectiveness of electoral structure interventions in diverse and diverse populations. The combined effects of multiple nudges suggest areas of development. This is of critical importance alongside further exploration of theoretical mechanisms and guidance for engagement and inspiration across the food supply. In this way, the potential for voting structures to bring about meaningful changes in population diets is realized [1-4].
In many countries, food systems are moving away from conventional foods to processed foods that are high in sugar, fat and salt and low in fiber and micronutrients. There is an urgent need to better understand the drivers of dietary change, especially in low-income countries. This study analyzes the reasons for food choices among children and parents in rural Nepal. We use qualitative data collected through interviews with key informants and through focus group discussions with schoolchildren, parents and teachers. The study found significant changes in diet over the past decade, with increased consumption of rice, meat, and highly processed snacks, but no increase in consumption of fruits and vegetables. The availability of cash was found to be the main reason for the increased consumption of rice, meat and snacks. A second driver was the 2015 Nepal earthquake, when people became accustomed to eating more meat and snacks, accelerating the shift from home-grown to store-bought foods and recovery Local wages have tripled and the food environment has changed. This shows how humanitarian assistance unintentionally contributes to unhealthy eating habits after extreme shock. Integrated school and home garden interventions contribute to healthier diets.
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Citation: Olive P (2022) The Role of Food Choice Architecture in Negotiating Childhood Obesity. J Child Obesity. 7:113.
Copyright: © 2022 Olive P. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
