Sociocultural influences on food choices and implications for sustainable healthy diets

Hilimire, DeVylder, and Forestell (2015) hypothesized that fermented foods likely to contain probiotics may relate to neuroticism and social anxiety symptoms, given the established evidence for probiotics possessing an anxiolytic influence. Fermented foods intake, neuroticism and social anxiety were self-reported by 710 young adults in this experiment. An interaction model revealed that neuroticism, exercise frequency, […]

This research examines the relationship between adverse changes in social ties and dietary habits among older adults, utilizing three waves of data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). The study focuses on middle-aged and older adults (ages 45-85) and assesses the impact of changes in marital status and living arrangements on the frequency […]