Healthy Food Consumption Research Articles

EXPERT SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS OF KIDNEY DISEASE USING FORWARD CHAINING

Kidney disease is a disease that is often experienced by people aged over 50 years. Several factors that cause kidney disease include hypertension, diabetes, obesity, smoking and family history of kidney disease sufferers. As many as 42,000 people per year die from kidney disease. Sufferers in Indonesia, which is estimated by the Ministry of Health, based on the 2013-2018 Basic Health Research (Riset Kesehatan Dasar (RIKESDA)) the number of patients experiencing kidney disease symptoms continues to grow to reach 739,208 people in 2013 while chronic kidney sufferers. It was recorded that in 2020 BPJS Kesehatan spent a large enough budget for kidney failure patients as many as 1,763,260 patients. The high number of patients with kidney disease was due to a lack of physical activity and consumption of healthy foods and fruits and vegetables. Therefore, it is necessary to detect as early as possible to prevent the onset of kidney disease. Technology is one of the disseminations of good information in handling kidney disease. This study aims to build an expert system for diagnosing kidney disease. The results of the research on an expert system for diagnosing kidney disease based on a website that can be accessed by the public by providing information on the detection of kidney disease symptoms with 27 symptoms. The process of tracking symptoms using forward chaining. Conclusion tests carried out using black box and usability testing have been running well, as seen from the input and output functionality on the system used by the user. In addition, the expert system helps in providing information to the public to detect the symptoms of kidney disease as early as possible.

Proposed Business Strategy for Small and Medium Food Beverage Industry: A Case Study of Ladangkita.id

Indonesia government urges the public to increase their immune system to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus by increasing the consumption of healthy food as well as massive vaccination and mobility restriction. The issue creates opportunity for an enterprise named Ladangkita.id focusing in selling healthy agricultural food especially fruits. This paper evaluates the existing business of Ladangkita.id who often experiences problems during the process in order to create a better business strategy. Using two analytical approaches, which are Business Process Analysis and Porter's Five Forces, the authors found that Ladangkita.id operational cost is bigger than its revenue because of their business process and fruit retail business is highly saturated. Blue Ocean Strategy is proposed by the authors for Ladangkita.id. By eliminating activities that less contribute to revenue, reducing variance of fresh fruits but increasing the variance of processed fruits as well as creating a new value of products may create a better and sustainable business for Ladangkita.id.

Effect of availability and COVID-19 vaccination on food shopping and consumption behaviors among Jordan universities students

The COVID-19 pandemic influenced the lives of university students all across the globe. Indeed, the pandemic has impacted many aspects of their daily routine, changing their social and health habits and food-related behaviors. There is now no approved therapy, and vaccination is the only clinical preventative measure that provides the highest protection against the virus. While these vaccines have been beneficial in curbing the pandemic's effect, they may also influence food-related behaviors. Accordingly, this paper aims to investigate the impact of vaccination availability on university students' food shopping and consumption habits, vaccine-related opinions, and back on-campus behaviors in Jordan. The research is based on an online survey conducted in Jordan using a structured questionnaire and distributed through Google Forms between January 1 and March 20, 2022. A total of 624 valid answers were collected. The findings revealed no significant changes in the way students consumed, shopped, and handled food compared to the pre-vaccine period. However, there is a slight post-vaccine trend toward shopping more groceries online and ordering more meals via delivery apps and takeout services. Regarding health-related food choices, there was an increase in the consumption of healthy food, water, and fruits and vegetables. Further, following the availability of the vaccination, students' adoption of COVID-19 food-related habits was maintained. Gender, engagement in food preparation activities, and living status (e.g., whether or not living with parents) substantially affected several food-related behaviors. The findings are expected to guide both current emergency preparations and long-term food-related policies in Jordan. This information may also be helpful to researchers interested in the effects of COVID-19 vaccination on student nutrition and related food behaviors.

Refining the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey (NEMS) for Healthy Community Stores: Adaptations to Capture Alternative Food Retailers and Align with Dietary Guidelines.

Inadequate consumption of healthy food is an ongoing public health issue in the United States. Food availability measures of supply versus consumption of healthy foods are disconnected in many studies. There is a need for an objective assessment of the food environment in order to assess how the food supply aligns with the Healthy Eating Index (HEI). Data were collected as part of the Healthy Community Stores Case Study Project, including a refined Nutrition Environment Measures Survey for Healthy Community Stores (NEMS-HCS) and an updated Healthy Food Availability Index that aligns with the Healthy Eating Index (HFAHEI). This paper will focus on the NEMS-HCS development process, findings, and HFAHEI application. All food items were more likely to be found at grocery stores rather than corner stores. Food pricing was often above the Consumer Price Index averages for six food items. The NEMS-HCS assessment better aligned with the HEI because it included a wider variety of meats, frozen fruits and vegetables, and an increased selection of whole grains. HFAHEI scoring was inclusive of non-traditional and alternative community stores with a health focus, making it suitable for use at the local level, especially in neighborhoods where supermarkets and large chain stores are less common.

Associations between Emotion Regulation, Feeding Practices, and Preschoolers' Food Consumption.

Previous research identified emotion dysregulation, non-responsive feeding practices, and unhealthy food consumption as risk factors for childhood obesity. However, little is known about the relationships between these factors. This study examined associations between children’s emotion regulation, parental feeding practices, and children’s food consumption. The sample consisted of 163 mothers of children aged 3–5 years. Mothers completed the Emotion Regulation Checklist, the Child Feeding Questionnaire, and the Child Health Section from the Parent Interview of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-B to assess model variables. Results showed that healthy food consumption was associated with higher emotion regulation abilities, higher monitoring, and lower pressure to eat. For unhealthy food consumption, the associations were in opposite directions. Higher emotion regulation abilities were also associated with higher monitoring, lower pressure to eat, and lower restriction. For lability, the associations were in opposite directions. Regression analyses revealed that children’s lability, pressure to eat, and monitoring were significant predictors of children’s food consumption. These findings suggest that children’s emotion regulation and feeding practices are important determinants of children’s food consumption. Future longitudinal studies that examine bidirectional associations between children’s emotion regulation, parental feeding practices, children’s food consumption, and potential mechanisms accounting for these associations are needed.

Value acquisition, value co-creation: The impact of perceived organic grocerant value on customer engagement behavior through brand trust.

Affected by COVID-19, there is a growing trend toward healthy lifestyles and organic food consumption. The literature on organic foods focuses on the factors that influence buying behavior. A thriving organic business requires both sustained consumption and consumer contributions beyond the purchase—customer engagement behavior. The purpose of this study is to examine the factors that may drive member customers to engage with organic grocerants. This study surveyed 280 Chinese member customers of an organic grocerant to explore how to drive customer engagement behavior. Based on value co-creation theory and the customer engagement literature, this study proposed a “value acquisition–value co-creation” framework to explore the relationship between perceived value, brand trust, and customer engagement behavior. The results show that emotional and social value can directly and effectively motivate customer engagement behavior in organic grocerants. However, consumers’ perceived quality value and price value will not directly affect customer engagement behavior but instead indirectly affect it through brand trust. Furthermore, improving the perceived value of emotion, quality and price can strengthen brand trust in organic grocerants. The study confirms that brand trust is critical to organic grocerant and customer engagement. Our findings provide a new perspective for understanding the relationship between the value customers receive from organic food consumption and value co-creation through customer engagement behavior.

A healthy plant–based diet is favorably associated with cardiometabolic risk factors among participants of South Asian ancestry

Plant-based diets are recommended for chronic disease prevention, yet there has been little focus on plant-based diet quality among participants of South Asian ancestry who consume a predominantly plant-based diet. We evaluated cross-sectional and prospective associations between plant-based diet quality and cardiometabolic risks among participants of South Asian ancestry who are living in the United States. We included 891 participants of South Asian ancestry who completed the baseline visit in the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study. The prospective analysis included 735 participants who completed exam 2 (∼5 years after baseline). The plant-based diet quality was assessed using 3 indices: an overall plant-based diet index (PDI) that summarizes the consumption of plant foods, a healthy PDI (hPDI) that measures consumption of healthy plant foods, and an unhealthy PDI (uPDI) that reflects consumption of less healthy plant foods. At baseline, the PDI score was inversely associated with fasting glucose. We observed inverse associations between PDI and hPDI scores and HOMA-IR, LDL cholesterol, weight, and BMI (all P values<0.05). Higher scores on the hPDI, but not PDI, were associated with lower glycated hemoglobin, higher adiponectin, a smaller visceral fat area, and a smaller pericardial fat volume. Each 5-unit higher hPDI score was associated with lower likelihoods of fatty liver (OR: 0.76; 95% CI: 0.64, 0.90) and obesity (OR: 0.88; 95% CI: 0.80, 0.97). There were no associations between uPDI scores and cardiometabolic risks. Prospectively, after covariate adjustment for baseline values, each 5-unit higher hPDI score was associated with an 18% lower risk of incident type 2 diabetes (OR: 0.82; 95% CI: 0.67, 1.00). A higher intake of healthful plant-based foods was associated with a favorable cardiometabolic risk profile. Dietary recommendations to lower chronic disease risks among participants of South Asian ancestry should focus on the quality of plant-based foods.

Association of healthy eating literacy and resident status with energy, nutrients, and food consumption among lean and normal-weight female university students.

This study aimed to describe the association of healthy eating literacy (HEL) with energy, nutrients, and food consumption in young women who had normal and lean weight at a Japanese university, considering their resident status. Cross-sectional data from the Ochanomizu Health Study were used in this study. Participants answered a self-administered, two-part, anonymous survey in 2018 and 2019. A total of 203 female undergraduate students with lean and normal body mass index (BMI) were included in the analysis. Single and stepwise multiple linear regression analysis was used to examine the association of HEL and resident status with healthy food consumption, such as vegetables, fish, and shellfish. The dependent variables were HEL and resident status, and the covariates were age, BMI, and the total metabolic equivalents. The median (25th and 75th percentiles) age, BMI, and total HEL score were 20 (19, 21) years, 20.2 (18.9, 21.3) kg/m 2, and 18 (16, 20), respectively. Resident status and HEL were independently associated with vegetables, fish, and shellfish intake. Participants who had higher total HEL scores and lived in their family home consumed significantly more vegetables (β=0.17 and-0.34, p<0.05) and fish and shellfish (β=0.24,-0.28, p<0.001). This study provides an insight into the association between HEL and dietary consumption in young women with normal and lean BMI.

Changes in the food and drink consumption patterns of Australian women during the COVID‐19 pandemic

ObjectiveThis paper uses data from the seventh fortnightly Coronavirus (COVID‐19) Survey sent to women in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health to investigate the relationship between the COVID‐19 pandemic and the food and drink consumption of women born in 1946‐51, 1973‐78 and 1989‐95. MethodsA survey about changes in fruit, vegetable, discretionary food, takeaway and sugary drink consumption during the pandemic was emailed on 22 July 2020 to 28,709 women in three cohorts of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Thematic qualitative analysis was conducted on comments about changes in consumption, and basic quantitative analysis was included for context. ResultsThere were significant associations between age and all categories of food and drink consumption. Women wrote of lifestyle changes and choices during lockdowns, comfort and emotional eating, and access to food and drink changing their consumption behaviours. ConclusionsThe COVID‐19 pandemic and interventions had both positive and negative impacts on the food and drink consumption behaviours of Australian women. Implications for public healthThese findings can be used to directly influence practice around healthy food and drink consumption, highlighting enablers, including being at home, and barriers, including mental health, that should be considered.

The lost opportunity from insufficient pollinators for global food supplies and human health

BackgroundAnimal pollination supports agricultural production for many healthy foods, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes, which provide key nutrients and protect against non-communicable diseases. Today, most crops receive suboptimal pollination because of reduced abundance and diversity of pollinating insects. MethodsWe modelled the effects on current global human health from insufficient pollination by quantifying the pollinator-related crop yield gap and lost consumption of pollination-dependent foods by country and region, after accounting for global trade, economic behaviours, and food waste. We also estimated the lost economic value of crop production for the following three diverse case-study countries: Honduras, Nepal, and Nigeria. FindingsGlobally, we found that we are currently losing 3–5% of fruit, vegetable, and nut production per year because of inadequate pollination, leading to a median estimated 427 000 (95% uncertainty interval 86 000–691 000) excess deaths annually from lost healthy food consumption and associated diseases. Effects are unevenly distributed; lost food production is concentrated in low-income countries, while impacts on food consumption and mortality attributable to insufficient pollination are greater in middle-income and high-income countries with higher rates of non-communicable diseases. Furthermore, in our three case-study countries, we found that the economic value of crop production was 12–31% lower than if pollinators were abundant (because of crop production losses of 3–19%), mainly due to lost fruit and vegetable production. InterpretationInsufficient populations of pollinators are responsible for large burdens of disease through lost healthy food consumption. Furthermore, low-income countries are losing substantial income and crop yields from pollinator deficits. These results underscore the urgent need to promote pollinator-friendly practices for both human health and agricultural livelihoods. FundingGordon & Betty Moore Foundation, Weston Foods, Fifth Generation, CGIAR, United States Agency for International Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Wellcome Trust.

Effects of Digitalized Front-of-Package Food Labels on Healthy Food-Related Behavior: A Systematic Review.

Front-of-package (FOP) food labels may impact healthy food-related behavior. However, such labels may be presented using new technology and they may impact behavior differently than physical labels. This systematic review investigated the effects of physical and digitalized labels on healthy food-related behavior. This review used four search engines to collect articles that investigated the effects of food labels on the purchase, consumption, hypothetical choice, and self-reports of healthy foods. General findings, types of labels, or whether the articles used physical versus digitalized static, interactive, or technology-enabled labels were synthesized. The dependent variables were categorized according to whether they were under full, partial, or no control of the independent variables. The risk of bias was measured by the RoB 2 tool and adapted Joanna Briggs Institute Checklist. The search strategy identified 285 records and 30 articles were included. While digitalized static and physical labels did not differ in their effects on healthy food-related behavior, technology-enabled labels were more predictive of healthy food-related behavior than interactive labels.

Paths to Healthier Eating: Perceptions and Interventions for Success

Paths to Healthier Eating: Perceptions and Interventions for Success

Healthy and Unhealthy Food Consumption in Relation to Quality of Life among Finnish Female Municipal Employees: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Aspects of good quality of life (QoL) have been found to motivate people to make lifestyle changes. There is also evidence that certain dietary patterns are associated with QoL. The aim of this work was to examine whether consumption frequencies of healthy and unhealthy food items are associated with QoL in female employees. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 631 Finnish female employees (mean age 49 years, SD = 10) from 10 municipal work units in 2015. Information about the participants was collected by physical examination, laboratory tests, self-administered questionnaires, including the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), and from medical history. QoL was assessed with the EUROHIS-Quality of Life 8-item index. A significant positive association was seen between consumption frequency of healthy foods and the EUROHIS-QOL mean score (p = 0.002). The association was small but comprehensive, also involving most dimensions of QoL. The consumption frequency of unhealthy foods was not associated with QoL. These findings are relevant when designing diet counselling, since QoL is an outcome that has been found to motivate people to change their health habits. Recommending abundant use of healthy foods could be a simple and convenient way of diet counselling at many health care appointments, where time consuming approaches are difficult to conduct.

Plant-based diets and metabolic syndrome: Evaluating the influence of diet quality

Diet plays a critical role in the prevention and treatment of metabolic syndrome (MetS). In addition to being environmentally sustainable, plant-based diets (PBD) have demonstrated a range of health benefits, including a protective effect against MetS. Most research on this topic has focused on PBDs as a whole, without considering the influence of diet quality. Data were obtained from 29 individuals with MetS. Subjects were asked to follow a PBD for 13 weeks. PBD quality was assessed using healthful PBD index (hPDI) and unhealthful PBD index (uPDI). Higher hPDI represented greater consumption of healthy plant foods and lower consumption of less-healthy plant foods. Higher uPDI represented greater consumption of less-healthy plant foods and lower consumption of healthy plant foods. For each participant, hPDI and uPDI scores were calculated at baseline and 9-weeks follow-up. Participants were divided into quintiles according to hPDI and uPDI scores. Statistical analyses were performed to determine the association between biomarker measures and PBD quality scores. After 2 weeks, mean weight was lower in hPDI quintile 5 compared to hPDI quintile 1, and higher in uPDI quintile 5 compared to uPDI quintile 1 ( p < .05). At baseline, hPDI was inversely associated with weight ( r = −0.445, p < .05), and uPDI positively associated with weight ( r = 0.437, p < .05). Using follow-up data, HDL-C was positively associated with hPDI ( r = .411, p < .05) and negatively associated with uPDI ( r = −0.411, p < .05). In individuals with MetS, adherence to a healthful plant-based diet was associated with lower weight and higher HDL cholesterol, highlighting the influence of diet quality on the health effects associated with PBDs. • Plant-based diets have demonstrated considerable health benefits, but not all plant foods are created equally. • Adherence to a healthful plant-based diet is assocaited with benefits for indiviaudals with metabolic syndrome. • These results highlight the influence of diet quality in the health benefits associated with plant-based diets.

8-14 Yaş Grubu Çocukların COVID-19 Pandemi Döneminde Sağlıkla İlgili Yaşam Kalitelerinin ve Etkileyen Faktörlerin Belirlenmesi

Amaç: Araştırmada çocukların pandemi döneminde sağlıkla ilgili yaşam kalitesi düzeyleri ve ilişkili faktörlerin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır.Materyal ve Metot: Kesitsel tasarım tipindeki araştırma üç ayrı ilde belirlenen altı okulda 8-14 yaş arası çocuğu olan gönüllü 1221 aile üyesi ile yürütülmüştür. Çalışmada sosyo-demografik özellikler soru formu, COVID-19 pandemi sürecinde çocuğun sağlıklı yaşam biçimi davranışları soru formu ve KIDSCREEN-27 ölçeği kullanılmıştır.Bulgular: Çalışmada; erkek, 12-13 yaş grubu, dört ve daha fazla kardeşe sahip, ailesi düşük ekonomik düzeyde olan, sessiz-sakin, duygusal-alıngan, içe dönük kişilik özelliğine sahip olan çocukların yaşam kalite puanları daha düşük bulunmuştur. Ayrıca, pandemi sürecinde uyku alışkanlığı, sosyal ilişkileri, kişisel hijyen alışkanlıkları ve sağlıklı besinleri tüketim davranışları olumsuz olarak etkilenen, dersleri için kullanımları dışında ekran maruziyeti süresi artış gösteren, kitap okumaya, hobilerine, spor ve egzersize ayırdığı süre azalan çocukların yaşam kalitesi puanları da düşük bulunmuştur.Sonuç: Çalışma sonuçları düşük yaşam kalitesi riski altında olan çocuklar için planlanacak müdahale programlarına rehber olması açısından önemlidir.

Predictors of Coping with Health-related Expectation Violations among University Students.

Objectives: Individuals often experience expectation violations related to the consumption of healthy food and physical activity and they may cope with expectation-disconfirming information by (1) ignoring the discrepancy (immunization), (2) increasing efforts to fulfill them (assimilation), or (3) changing their expectations (accommodation). We investigated whether valence, discrepancy magnitude, and controllability of the expectation disconfirming event predicted coping with expectation violations. Methods: A 2 (valence: positive vs negative) x 2 (discrepancy: larger vs smaller) x 2 (controllability: control vs no control) experimental design was implemented. Overall, we presented 297 university students with vignettes describing expectation violations and present different combinations of predictor levels. Results: Regarding physical activity, participants showed significantly higher accommodation when experiencing a better-than-expected event and showed significantly higher immunization when experiencing a worse-than-expected event. Regarding food consumption and physical activity, individuals experiencing lower discrepancy showed significantly higher immunization; individuals with control over the source of expectation disconfirmation showed significantly higher assimilation; and individuals without control over the source of expectation disconfirmation showed significantly higher accommodation.Conclusions: To promote the maintenance of healthy expectations, despite expectation violations, interventions could foster the perception of control as well as assimilative behavior.

A Qualitative Study of Factors Influencing Food Choices and Food Sources Among Adults Aged 50 Years and Older During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.

BackgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic affected food availability and accessibility for many older adults, especially those experiencing food insecurity. Food citizenship is a theoretical framework that encourages the use of alternate over industrial food sources and can characterize where foods are acquired and how food choices are made.ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to explore how Iowans aged 50 years and older made choices about what foods to acquire and where to acquire foods during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic using food citizenship as a theoretical framework.DesignWe used in-depth interviews with Iowans aged 50 years and older (N = 60).ParticipantsWe recruited respondents through Area Agencies on Aging, food banks, and food pantries. Individuals who contacted the research team, were aged 50 years and older, and spoke English were eligible. Half of the sample screened as food insecure.Statistical analysisWe conducted a thematic analysis to identify recurring themes.ResultsFood costs, personal preferences, and the healthfulness of food were cited as the most influential factors. Respondents said that the pandemic had not changed how they make choices, but increased prices had made costs more salient. Respondents primarily got their food from industrial food retailers, government programs, or food pantries. More than half of the respondents also acquired food from an alternate food source, such as a farmers’ market. Reasons for not using alternate food sources included cost and transportation barriers.ConclusionsIt is essential to ensure that older adults have access to affordable, healthy foods, especially during crises such as the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Alternate food sources provided supplementary, healthy food for many respondents, but there are opportunities to expand the use of these food sources. Incentivizing the use of alternate food sources through government programs and connecting the emergency food system to local producers could increase the consumption of healthy food.

Correlation between Stress and Eating Behaviour in College Students: A Longitudinal Study

Stress is a process that involves the perception of and response to pressure and is often related to eating behaviour. For college students, academic stress could be one factor that affects eating behaviour. So far, no longitudinal study has directly compared the same respondents’ stress levels and eating behaviours in different years of study. Thus, this study aimed to examine changes in stress levels and eating behaviour during college students’ third and final years and determine the correlation between stress levels and eating behaviour. We asked 89 undergraduate students (27 males and 62 females) to complete a questionnaire on their stress levels using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) and their eating behaviour. Our results showed that students had significantly higher stress levels during the final year than in their third year. Our results also showed that during the student’s final year, there was a significant increase in eating when feeling stressed, overeating, eating fast food, and skipping meals compared to their third year. There was also a significant decrease in healthy food consumption during the final year compared to the third year. During the third year of study, stress levels were increased by academic workload pressure; meanwhile, during the final year of study, they were affected by sex and undergraduate thesis pressure. These results indicate that differences in academic pressure in different years of study can influence stress levels and eating behaviour in college students.

Nutritional knowledge and immunity-boosting food consumption patterns before and after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown periods in Osun State, Nigeria.

Background: A healthy diet can ensure a robust immune system that can resist any onslaught by viruses and bacteria. Aim: To assess the nutritional knowledge and consumption patterns of immunity boosting foods of adults before & after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown periods and the effect of the lockdown on daily food intake among respondents in selected towns in Osun state. Methods: Cross sectional data was collected from six largest local governments areas purposively selected from the three senatorial districts of Osun State (n = 1000) using a well-structured, self-administered questionnaire and the data collected was analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and Pearson's correlation test The study assessed the food intakes of adults using a qualitative food frequency questionnaire. Results: The results indicated that the majority (89.8%) of the respondents had high knowledge of the occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily food intake was affected by COVID-19 lockdown, consumption of healthy food among the respondents was high during lockdown as 77% strongly agreed that vitamins and minerals supplement can be considered healthy and immunity boosting, while there was a reduction in the consumption of healthy foods after the lockdown periods. The test of hypothesis showed that the occurrence of pandemic and nutritional knowledge had a significant relationship with the consumption of healthy foods. Conclusion: This study extends and confirms previous research on high nutritional knowledge of immunity-boosting foods in relation to COVID-19 among the respondents and a general reduction in the consumption of healthy foods after the COVID −19 lockdown periods.

Are commonly used lab-based measures of food value and choice predictive of self-reported real-world snacking? An ecological momentary assessment study.

While the assessment of actual food intake is essential in the evaluation of behaviour change interventions for weight-loss, it may not always be feasible to collect this information within traditional experimental paradigms. For this reason, measures of food preference (such as measures of food value and choice) are often used as more accessible alternatives. However, the predictive validity of these measures (in relation to subsequent food consumption) has not yet been studied. Our aim was to investigate the extent to which three commonly used measures of preference for snack foods (explicit food value, unhealthy food choice and implicit preference) predicted self-reported real-world snacking occasions. Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) design. Over a seven-day study period, participants (N= 49) completed three daily assessments where they reported their healthy and unhealthy snack food consumption and completed the three measures of preference (explicit food value, unhealthy food choice and implicit preference). Our findings demonstrated some weak evidence that unhealthy Visual Analogue Scale scores predicted between-subject increases in unhealthy snacking frequency (OR=1.018 [1.006, 1.030], p= .002). No other preference measures significantly predicted self-reported healthy or unhealthy snacking occasions (ps > .05). These findings raise questions in relation to the association between measures of preference and self-reported real-world snack food consumption. Future research should further evaluate the predictive and construct validity of these measures in relation to food behaviours and explore the development of alternative assessment methods within eating behaviour research.