Health Prompts Affect Consideration of Health but Not Intertemporal Preferences While Promoting Healthier Food Choices
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Variables | Mean | SD |
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Female (%) | 72.9 | |
Age (years) | 29.1 | 26.0 |
Education (%): | ||
Advanced degree (Master’s degree or higher) | 26.1 | |
Bachelor’s degree | 30.0 | |
Associate degree or some college | 27.2 | |
High school/G.E.D. | 15.5 | |
Less than high school | 0.7 | |
Income (USD 1000s) | 75.5 | 70.0 |
Actively consider health (%) | 49.7 | |
Low discount rate (%) | 75.8 | |
Medium–low discount rate (%) | 6.4 | |
Medium–high discount rate (%) | 5.6 | |
High discount rate (%) | 12.1 | |
Guiding Stars | 0.96 | 0.92 |
(1) OR (95% CI) | (2) OR (95% CI) | |
---|---|---|
Health prompt | 1.28 (1.11, 1.48) | 1.29 (1.10, 1.50) |
Constant | 0.87 (0.79, 0.97) | 0.00 (0, 4.8 × 1011) |
Demographic variables | No | Yes |
Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) | ||||||
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Med–High Discount | Med–Low Discount | Low Discount | Med–High Discount | Med–Low Discount | Low Discount | |
Health prompt | 0.71 (0.49, 1.03) | 1.20 (0.84, 1.72) | 0.90 (0.72, 1.13) | 0.76 (0.51, 1.13) | 1.15 (0.79, 1.68) | 0.88 (0.68, 1.14) |
Constant | 0.55 (0.42, 0.71) | 0.48 (0.36, 0.62) | 6.58 (5.59, 7.74) | 0.09 (0.02, 0.39) | 0.10 (0.02, 0.44) | 57,197 (17,142, 190,849) |
Demographic variables | No | Yes |
Coef. (SE) (1) | Coef. (SE) (2) | |
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Consideration of health | 0.524 *** (0.033) | 0.476 *** (0.034) |
Low discount rate | 0.178 *** (0.051) | 0.236 *** (0.057) |
Med–low discount rate | −0.045 (0.079) | 0.013 (0.081) |
Med–high discount rate | 0.005 (0.083) | 0.045 (0.086) |
Prompt | 0.133 *** (0.033) | 0.136 *** (0.033) |
Constant | 0.497 *** (0.055) | 0.220 (0.541) |
Demographic variables | No | Yes |
Observations | 2905 | 2905 |
R2 | 0.091 | 0.108 |
Adjusted R2 | 0.089 | 0.100 |
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Tuyizere, O.; Gustafson, C.R.; Rose, D.J. Health Prompts Affect Consideration of Health but Not Intertemporal Preferences While Promoting Healthier Food Choices. Nutrients 2024, 16, 1454. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16101454
Tuyizere O, Gustafson CR, Rose DJ. Health Prompts Affect Consideration of Health but Not Intertemporal Preferences While Promoting Healthier Food Choices. Nutrients. 2024; 16(10):1454. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16101454
Chicago/Turabian StyleTuyizere, Olivier, Christopher R. Gustafson, and Devin J. Rose. 2024. "Health Prompts Affect Consideration of Health but Not Intertemporal Preferences While Promoting Healthier Food Choices" Nutrients 16, no. 10: 1454. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16101454
APA StyleTuyizere, O., Gustafson, C. R., & Rose, D. J. (2024). Health Prompts Affect Consideration of Health but Not Intertemporal Preferences While Promoting Healthier Food Choices. Nutrients, 16(10), 1454. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16101454