TY - JOUR
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - diet
KW - Eating habits
KW - Europe
KW - Feeding Behavior
KW - Habits
KW - Life Style
KW - Life satisfaction
KW - Meals
KW - Mediterranean diet
KW - Spain
KW - Spaniard
KW - Subjective well-being
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW - adult
KW - article
KW - body mass
KW - body shape
KW - candy
KW - cross-sectional study
KW - cultural heritage
KW - cultural influence
KW - diet
KW - eating habit
KW - exercise
KW - Feeding Behavior
KW - food intake
KW - friend
KW - fruit
KW - habit
KW - happiness
KW - health belief
KW - health status
KW - human
KW - independent variable
KW - Life satisfaction
KW - lifestyle
KW - meal
KW - physical activity
KW - questionnaire
KW - restaurant
KW - social behavior
KW - social interaction
KW - vegetable
KW - wellbeing
AU - Laura Cabiedes-Miragaya
AU - Cecilia Diaz-Mendez
AU - Isabel Garcia-Espejo
AB - The so-called Mediterranean diet is not simply a collection of foodstuffs but an expression of the culture of the countries of the south of Europe, declared Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. Despite the link between food and culture, little has been studied about how diet contributes to the well-being of the population. This article aims to analyze the association between subjective well-being and the eating habits of the Spanish population in order to gain a better understanding of the subjective well-being that food culture produces. For this study, we used a representative sample of the Spanish adult population from a survey by the Sociological Research Center (CIS 2017). Three indicators of subjective well-being were used: perceived health, life satisfaction, and feeling of happiness. The independent variables relating to eating habits considered in the analysis were, among others, how often meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, and sweets were consumed; how the food was prepared; how often meals were eaten out at restaurants or cafés and how often they were eaten with family or friends. Other independent variables related to lifestyle habits were also included in the analysis, in particular, physical exercise and body mass index. We used ordinal logistic regressions and multiple linear regression models. Our findings coincide in large measure with those obtained in earlier studies where perceived health and income play a key role in evaluating subjective well-being. In turn, several variables related to lifestyle habits, such as consuming sweets and fruits, social interaction around meals, exercising, and body mass index, were also associated with subjective well-being.
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18041553
M1 - 4
N1 - Publisher: MDPI AG
N2 - The so-called Mediterranean diet is not simply a collection of foodstuffs but an expression of the culture of the countries of the south of Europe, declared Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. Despite the link between food and culture, little has been studied about how diet contributes to the well-being of the population. This article aims to analyze the association between subjective well-being and the eating habits of the Spanish population in order to gain a better understanding of the subjective well-being that food culture produces. For this study, we used a representative sample of the Spanish adult population from a survey by the Sociological Research Center (CIS 2017). Three indicators of subjective well-being were used: perceived health, life satisfaction, and feeling of happiness. The independent variables relating to eating habits considered in the analysis were, among others, how often meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, and sweets were consumed; how the food was prepared; how often meals were eaten out at restaurants or cafés and how often they were eaten with family or friends. Other independent variables related to lifestyle habits were also included in the analysis, in particular, physical exercise and body mass index. We used ordinal logistic regressions and multiple linear regression models. Our findings coincide in large measure with those obtained in earlier studies where perceived health and income play a key role in evaluating subjective well-being. In turn, several variables related to lifestyle habits, such as consuming sweets and fruits, social interaction around meals, exercising, and body mass index, were also associated with subjective well-being.
SP - 1
EP - 13
TI - Well-Being and the Lifestyle Habits of the Spanish Population: The Association between Subjective Well-Being and Eating Habits
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85100454063&doi=10.3390%2fijerph18041553&partnerID=40&md5=587df846bc6e880cb0b0d69fef5ae948
VL - 18
SN - 16617827 (ISSN)
ER -