This study developed a food preference survey to estimate adolescents willingness to consume energy-dense foods and sugar-sweetened beverages. Five focus group interviews with 13 to 19 year-old students were conducted, and items representing energy-dense foods, energy-dilute foods, sweetened beverages, and unsweetened beverages were determined (5 per category). The final survey was administered to 234 students. Willingness to consume items was assessed using a 7-point Likert Scale (1, representing Extremely Unwilling to 7, indicating Extremely Willing). Exploratory Factor Analysis using Principal Axis factoring with a Promax (oblique) rotation revealed two factors. Factor one included French fries, Kool-Aid, glazed donuts, cookies, lemonade, and pizza (23.9% of the variance). Factor 2 included nuts or peanut butter, low-fat or fat-free yogurt, grapes, and bananas (13.8% of the variance). Cronbachs alpha was 0.770 for factor 1 and 0.664 for factor 2.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LSU/oai:etd.lsu.edu:etd-06102014-232243 |
| Date | 30 June 2014 |
| Creators | McGuerty, Amber Bourgeois |
| Contributors | Prinyawiwatkul, Witoon, Lammi-Keefe, Carol, Cater, Melissa, Tuuri, Georgianna |
| Publisher | LSU |
| Source Sets | Louisiana State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-06102014-232243/ |
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