Cargando…
Well-Being and the Lifestyle Habits of the Spanish Population: The Association between Subjective Well-Being and Eating Habits
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 we...
Autores principales: | , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7915999/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33562014 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041553 |
_version_ | 1783657378449719296 |
---|---|
author | Cabiedes-Miragaya, Laura Diaz-Mendez, Cecilia García-Espejo, Isabel |
author_facet | Cabiedes-Miragaya, Laura Diaz-Mendez, Cecilia García-Espejo, Isabel |
author_sort | Cabiedes-Miragaya, Laura |
collection | PubMed |
description | 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. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-7915999 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2021 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-79159992021-03-01 Well-Being and the Lifestyle Habits of the Spanish Population: The Association between Subjective Well-Being and Eating Habits Cabiedes-Miragaya, Laura Diaz-Mendez, Cecilia García-Espejo, Isabel Int J Environ Res Public Health Article 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. MDPI 2021-02-06 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7915999/ /pubmed/33562014 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041553 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Cabiedes-Miragaya, Laura Diaz-Mendez, Cecilia García-Espejo, Isabel Well-Being and the Lifestyle Habits of the Spanish Population: The Association between Subjective Well-Being and Eating Habits |
title | Well-Being and the Lifestyle Habits of the Spanish Population: The Association between Subjective Well-Being and Eating Habits |
title_full | Well-Being and the Lifestyle Habits of the Spanish Population: The Association between Subjective Well-Being and Eating Habits |
title_fullStr | Well-Being and the Lifestyle Habits of the Spanish Population: The Association between Subjective Well-Being and Eating Habits |
title_full_unstemmed | Well-Being and the Lifestyle Habits of the Spanish Population: The Association between Subjective Well-Being and Eating Habits |
title_short | Well-Being and the Lifestyle Habits of the Spanish Population: The Association between Subjective Well-Being and Eating Habits |
title_sort | well-being and the lifestyle habits of the spanish population: the association between subjective well-being and eating habits |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7915999/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33562014 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041553 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT cabiedesmiragayalaura wellbeingandthelifestylehabitsofthespanishpopulationtheassociationbetweensubjectivewellbeingandeatinghabits AT diazmendezcecilia wellbeingandthelifestylehabitsofthespanishpopulationtheassociationbetweensubjectivewellbeingandeatinghabits AT garciaespejoisabel wellbeingandthelifestylehabitsofthespanishpopulationtheassociationbetweensubjectivewellbeingandeatinghabits |