The purpose of this study is to examine the psychosocial determinants of baby boomers'-born between 1946 and 1964- intention to choose a menu item featuring plant-based meat alternatives (PBMA) when dining out. The specific objectives are as follows: 1) to identify the baby boomer generation's health-related perceptions about PBMA, and 2) to examine the factors that influence baby boomers' intention to choose a dish featuring PBMA at a restaurant. A total of 174 responses obtained using the Qualtrics panel were analyzed with content analysis and partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).
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January 2022
Older adults have low whole grain (WG) intake. This qualitative study used the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to identify low-income older adults' WG beliefs. A convenience sample of 25 low-income adults 60 years and older were interviewed using questions developed based on TPB constructs: behavioral, normative, and control beliefs.
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January 2022
Objective: To examine the influence of habit and theory of planned behavior (TPB) variables in predicting low-income older adults' fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Setting: A city in the southeast United States.
J Nutr Educ Behav
October 2020
Objective: To identify college students' perceptions of local food on the basis of a multi-theory model.
Design: Semistructured individual interviews were conducted. The Theory of Planned Behavior and Health Belief Model extended with self-congruity were used as a framework.
Public Health Nutr
October 2019
Objective: To examine the effectiveness of the Produce for Better Health Foundation grocery store tour programme as a nutrition education tool for changing consumers' intention to consume various forms of fruits and vegetables (F&V).
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Setting: Ten grocery stores in a city in the Southeast USA.
Objective: Identify underlying salient behavioral, normative, and control beliefs about fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption among limited-income older adults.
Design: The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) was used as the framework for conducting semistructured individual interviews in 2016.
Setting: Two congregate meal sites in the city of Tuscaloosa, AL.
Neural precursor cells provide an expandable source of neurons and glia for basic and translational applications. However, little progress has been made in directing naive neural precursors toward specific neuronal fates such as midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons. We have recently demonstrated that transgenic expression of the nuclear orphan receptor Nurr1 is sufficient to drive dopaminergic differentiation of forebrain embryonic rat neural precursors in vitro.
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