Understanding and Changing Eating Behavior : In-the-Moment Assessments Provide New Perspectives for Health Promotion
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The rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases challenges health psychology research to find effective intervention strategies to change people´s health behaviors. It is particularly important to change eating behavior since this constitutes one of the most important preventive health behaviors. To facilitate eating behavior changes, new technologies such as smartphone applications (apps) are booming and are increasingly being considered in intervention development. App-based mobile interventions not only include a wide range of technical options along with the capability to reach a broad spectrum of the population, but also the possibility to intervene in real-life and real-time.
In order to use these advantages and open up new perspectives for changing eating behavior, the present dissertation aims to determine and quantify the potential of app-based mobile interventions for changing eating behavior by synthesizing the existing evidence. Moreover, deriving conclusions for future intervention development first requires a comprehensive understanding of eating behavior and its underlying psychological determinants as a necessary initial step towards changing it. For this purpose, the core determinants of daily eating behavior, including in-the-moment eating motives and eating happiness, are examined using an Ecological Momentary Assessment approach.
The first step of the present dissertation is to detemine the potential of app-based mobile interventions as an effective strategy for achieving changes in eating behavior in a large spectrum of the population. For this purpose, a systematic review and meta-analysis is conducted, including 41 studies and comprising 6,348 participants and 373 investigated outcomes. This shows that app-based mobile interventions are effective in changing eating behavior, including positive effects on fruit and vegetable intake. Moreover, positive changes in nutrition-related health outcomes such as obesity indices and clinical parameters are observed, showing small-to-moderate effect sizes. Overall, the present evidence confirm the high potential of app-based mobile interventions for health promotion, and can support both research and practice in further exploiting their full potential.
In a second and third step, the core psychological determinants of daily eating behavior are investigated by analyzing in-the-moment eating motives and eating happiness experienced in-the-moment to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the targeted behavior. In both studies, a smartphone-based Ecological Momentary Assessment is conducted over the course of a week to assess eating behavior, along with eating motives and eating happiness. Moreover, in addition to this real-life and real-time assessment approach, the present dissertation aims to point out new paths for data analysis, and a new visualization approach is introduced to handle the resulting high-dimensional data and allow an analysis at the between- and within-person levels. By combining the ecological valid assessment method with this comprehensive data analysis, the present dissertation gains considerable insight into the psychological determinants of daily eating behavior.
The investigation of eating motives as core motivators for daily food choices reveals differences between why people think they eat (dispositional assessment) and why they actually eat in the moment of consumption (in-the-moment assessment). In particular, visual appeal, liking, and pleasure show a high impact on in-the-moment eating behavior and can therefore contribute to the development of future app-based mobile interventions. Moreover, a more sophisticated analysis on the person and motive levels indicates considerably inter- and intra-individual differences, highlighting the importance of tailoring interventions not only to the individual but also to the situation.
Further, the investigation of eating happiness experienced in-the-moment as one important determinant of daily food choices indicates promising results for health promotion. Comparing eating happiness among different food categories reveals that healthy food choices such as fruits and vegetables evoke at least comparable to or even higher eating happiness than unhealthy food choices. Out of 14 different food categories, vegetable consumption contributes the largest proportion of total eating happiness, which indicates a ‘happy = healthy’ association. On the basis of these findings, it can be concluded that healthy food choices seem to also be happy food choices, and that the consumption of fruits and vegetables has both immediate and long-term beneficial psychological effects.
Bringing the present findings together, could pave the way towards a new approach in health promotion. By using in-the-moment interventions, eating happiness could be promoted as an important motivator that both drives human food choices and acts as an important cue for healthy eating. This might constitute an innovative intervention strategy that not only triggers healthy but also happy eating behaviors and enables the focus to be shifted towards a more positive and wellbeing-centered perspective on eating behavior.
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Die ansteigenden Zahlen chronischer, nicht-übertragbarer Erkrankungen stellen die gesundheitspsychologische Forschung vor neue Herausforderungen. Ein wesentlicher Schwerpunkt hierbei ist, Interventionsstrategien zur Veränderung von Gesundheitsverhaltensweisen zu entwickeln. Insbesondere das Ernährungsverhalten steht hierbei als wichtiger Gesundheitsprädiktor im Fokus. Um Veränderungen im Ernährungsverhalten zu induzieren, gewinnen neue Technologien wie Smartphone Apps aufgrund ihrer enormen Reichweite sowie der Möglichkeit im Moment des Erlebens und Verhaltens zu intervenieren zunehmend an Bedeutung. Ein Ziel der vorliegenden Dissertation ist es deshalb, dieses Potential App-basierter mobiler Interventionen in Hinblick auf Ernährungsverhaltensveränderungen zu analysieren. Darüber hinaus zielt die vorliegende Dissertation darauf ab, Ernährungsverhalten und dessen psychologische Determinanten umfassend zu verstehen, um ein derart komplexes Verhalten wie Ernährung effektiv verändern zu können.
In einem ersten Schritt wird die Effektivität App-basierter mobiler Interventionen zur Veränderung von Ernährungsverhalten mit Hilfe eines systematischen Reviews untersucht. Darüber hinaus wird in einer mehrstufigen Meta-Analyse quantifiziert, welche Effekte für die Veränderung von Ernährungsverhalten und ernährungsbezogenen Gesundheitsparametern erzielt werden können. Eingeschlossen werden hierbei 41 Studien mit über 6.348 Teilnehmern und 373 Outcomes. Es zeigt sich, dass App-basierte mobile Interventionen eine effektive Methode darstellen, um Ernährungsverhalten zu verändern. Zusätzlich zu Veränderungen im Ernährungsverhalten, wie beispielsweise im Konsum von Obst und Gemüse, ergeben sich positive Effekte auf ernährungsbezogene Gesundheitsparameter wie Adipositas-Kennwerte, Blutdruck und Blutfette. Insgesamt verdeutlicht die vorliegende Evidenz ein vielversprechendes Potential App-basierter mobiler Interventionen für die Gesundheitsförderung.
In einem zweiten und dritten Schritt werden situationsbezogene Essmotive und im Moment erlebte Esszufriedenheit als zentrale Determinanten des alltäglichen Ernährungsverhaltens untersucht, um ein tiefergehendes Verständnis von Ernährung zu etablieren. In zwei verschiedenen Studien werden zu diesem Zweck Smartphone-basierte Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMA) implementiert, um Essverhalten, Essmotive und Esszufriedenheit im Alltag zu untersuchen. Um den Umgang mit den daraus resultierenden hochdimensionalen ‚real-life‘ und ‚real-time‘ Daten zu gewährleisten und eine Analyse zwischen und innerhalb von Personen zu ermöglichen, zeigt die vorliegende Dissertation neue Wege zur Datenanalyse und -visualisierung auf. Durch die ökologisch valide Datenerfassung in Kombination mit einer umfassenden Datenanalyse, ermöglicht die vorliegende Dissertation bedeutende Einblicke in die psychologischen Determinanten menschlichen Ernährungsverhaltens mit dem Ziel, dieses Verhalten effektiv verändern zu können.
In Bezug auf die Essmotive zeigt sich zusammenfassend, dass generelle Annahmen über persönliche Essmotive und die tatsächliche Ausprägung dieser Motive im Moment des Essens divergieren. Bezüglich der Größe dieser Divergenz ergeben sich allerdings große inter- sowie intra-individuelle Unterschiede, welche die Wichtigkeit betonen, Interventionen nicht nur an die Person, sondern ebenfalls an die jeweilige Situation anzupassen. Vor allem die Motive Präsentation, Appetit und Genuss zeigen hohe Ausprägungen in der Situation des Essens. Dies deutet darauf hin, dass ernährungsbezogene Interventionen davon profitieren könnten, diese Motive mit Hilfe App-basierter Interventionen anzusprechen.
In Bezug auf die im Moment erlebte Esszufriedenheit zeigt sich, dass gesunde Lebensmittel (z.B. Obst und Gemüse) eine vergleichbare Esszufriedenheit evozieren wie ungesunde Lebensmittel (z.B. Süßigkeiten oder Gebäck). Über 14 verschiedene Lebensmittelkategorien hinweg machen Obst und Gemüse den größten Anteil an der täglichen Esszufriedenheit aus. Dies deutet eine „gesund = glücklich“ Assoziation an. Der Konsum gesunder Lebensmittel geht somit nicht nur mit langfristigen gesundheitlichen Vorteilen einher, sondern induziert ebenfalls unmittelbare, positive psychologische Effekte. Gesunde Essensentscheidungen können demnach ebenfalls glückliche Essensentscheidungen sein.
In ihrer Gesamtheit lassen sich diese Ergebnisse in eine neue, innovative Strategie zur Veränderung von Ernährungsverhalten integrieren, welche gewinnbringend für die Gesundheitsförderung eingesetzt werden kann. Die Verwendung von App-basierten mobilen Interventionen ermöglicht es, situationsbezogene Essmotive als bedeutende Determinanten alltäglichen Ernährungsverhaltens anzusprechen und Esszufriedenheit in der Essenssituation selbst zu fördern. Dieser vielversprechende Ansatz beinhaltet das Potential sowohl gesunde als auch glückliche Essensentscheidungen zu evozieren und ermöglicht somit eine positive Perspektive auf die Veränderung von Ernährungsverhaltensweisen.
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WAHL, Deborah R., 2019. Understanding and Changing Eating Behavior : In-the-Moment Assessments Provide New Perspectives for Health Promotion [Dissertation]. Konstanz: University of KonstanzBibTex
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Moreover, positive changes in nutrition-related health outcomes such as obesity indices and clinical parameters are observed, showing small-to-moderate effect sizes. Overall, the present evidence confirm the high potential of app-based mobile interventions for health promotion, and can support both research and practice in further exploiting their full potential.<br /><br />In a second and third step, the core psychological determinants of daily eating behavior are investigated by analyzing in-the-moment eating motives and eating happiness experienced in-the-moment to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the targeted behavior. In both studies, a smartphone-based Ecological Momentary Assessment is conducted over the course of a week to assess eating behavior, along with eating motives and eating happiness. Moreover, in addition to this real-life and real-time assessment approach, the present dissertation aims to point out new paths for data analysis, and a new visualization approach is introduced to handle the resulting high-dimensional data and allow an analysis at the between- and within-person levels. By combining the ecological valid assessment method with this comprehensive data analysis, the present dissertation gains considerable insight into the psychological determinants of daily eating behavior.<br /><br />The investigation of eating motives as core motivators for daily food choices reveals differences between why people think they eat (dispositional assessment) and why they actually eat in the moment of consumption (in-the-moment assessment). In particular, visual appeal, liking, and pleasure show a high impact on in-the-moment eating behavior and can therefore contribute to the development of future app-based mobile interventions. Moreover, a more sophisticated analysis on the person and motive levels indicates considerably inter- and intra-individual differences, highlighting the importance of tailoring interventions not only to the individual but also to the situation.<br /><br />Further, the investigation of eating happiness experienced in-the-moment as one important determinant of daily food choices indicates promising results for health promotion. Comparing eating happiness among different food categories reveals that healthy food choices such as fruits and vegetables evoke at least comparable to or even higher eating happiness than unhealthy food choices. Out of 14 different food categories, vegetable consumption contributes the largest proportion of total eating happiness, which indicates a ‘happy = healthy’ association. 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