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Public perceptions of personalised nutrition through the lens of Social Cognitive Theory

Yes / Social Cognitive Theory has been used to explain findings derived from focus group discussions (Nā€‰=ā€‰4) held in the United Kingdom with the aim of informing best practice in personalised nutrition. Positive expectancies included weight loss and negative expectancies surrounded on-line security. Monitoring and feedback were crucial to goal setting and progress. Coaching by the service provider, family and friends was deemed important for self-efficacy. Paying for personalised nutrition symbolised commitment to behaviour change. The social context of eating, however, was perceived a problem and should be considered when designing personalised diets. Social Cognitive Theory could provide an effective framework through which to deliver personalised nutrition. / This work was supported by the European Commission under the Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology Theme of the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (265494).

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/7761
Date January 2017
CreatorsRankin, A., Kuznesof, S., Frewer, L.J., Orr, K., Davison, J., de Almeida, M.D.V., Stewart-Knox, Barbara
Source SetsBradford Scholars
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle, Accepted manuscript
Rights(c) 2017 the Authors. Full-text reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.

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