"doing a good thing for myself": A qualitative study of young adults' strategies for reducing takeaway food consumption

BMC Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Grunseit, Anne C ^a   Cook, Amelia S ^b   Conti, Janet ^b   Gwizd, Melissa ^a   Allman Farinelli, Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Fast foods; Qualitative; Ready to eat meals; Take away foods; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONVENIENCE FOOD; EMPLOYMENT; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REWARD; SCIENTIST; SELF CARE; SHOPPING; TAKEAWAY (FOOD); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; HEALTHY DIET; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FAST FOODS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85065472083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6731-3     Document Type: Article

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