1
|
Snuggs S, Clot S, Lamport D, Sah A, Forrest J, Helme Guizon A, Kaur A, Iqbal Z, Caldara C, Wilhelm MC, Anin C, Vogt J. A mixed-methods approach to understanding barriers and facilitators to healthy eating and exercise from five European countries: highlighting the roles of enjoyment, emotion and social engagement. Psychol Health 2023:1-28. [PMID: 37933459 DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2023.2274045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
Abstract
Healthy adults are consistently falling below national and international recommendations for physical activity and dietary intake across Europe. This study took a co-creative approach with adult samples from five European countries to qualitatively and quantitatively establish motivators, barriers and sustaining factors for positive health behaviour change. Stage 1 delivered a newly-designed online programme, creating a community who identified challenges, motivators and solutions to sustaining positive healthy eating and physical activity behaviours. Stage 2 administered an online survey (developed from Stage 1 findings) to a larger sample to quantify the relative importance of these motivators and barriers. Results from both stages indicated enjoyment, positive emotions, and reward as key motivators for both behaviours across all five countries. Barriers included habit-breaking difficulties, temptation and negative affective states. Those with a high BMI placed more importance on social pressure than those with healthy BMI. Participants' reports of motivators and barriers reflected relevant approaches from consumer science, behavioural economics, and psychology. Interventions supporting adults who are not chronically ill but would benefit from improved diet and/or physical activity should not focus exclusively on health as a motivating factor. Emphasis on enjoyable behaviours, social engagement and reward will likely improve engagement and sustained behaviour change.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Sarah Snuggs
- School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
| | - Sophie Clot
- Department of Economics, University of Reading, Reading, UK
| | - Daniel Lamport
- School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
| | - Anumeha Sah
- School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
| | - Joseph Forrest
- School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
| | | | - Amanpreet Kaur
- School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
| | - Zara Iqbal
- School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
| | - Cindy Caldara
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP, CERAG, Grenoble, France
| | | | - Camille Anin
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP, CERAG, Grenoble, France
| | - Julia Vogt
- School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Abstract
Thomas Rouyard and colleagues discuss use of the boosting approach as an alternative to nudging in developing non-coercive interventions to promote health
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Thomas Rouyard
- Research Center for Health Policy and Economics, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Bart Engelen
- Tilburg Center for Moral Philosophy, Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (TiLPS), Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands
| | - Andrew Papanikitas
- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Ryota Nakamura
- Research Center for Health Policy and Economics, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
| |
Collapse
|