Evaluation of food choice behavior : development and validation of health and taste attitude scales

5 PREFACE 6 LIST OF ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS 8 INTRODUCTION 9 LITERATURE REVIEW 10 Food choice 10 Attitudes 10 Attitude measurements 12 Validity of attitude measurements 14 Reliability of attitude measurements 15 Food related attitudes 16 Health attitudes 16 Taste attitudes 20 Eating behavioral scales 20 Effect of age and gender on food related attitudes 23 AIM OF THE STUDY 27 SUBJECTS AND METHODS 28 General description of the studies 28 Data description and subjects 28 Development of Health and Taste Attitude Scales (HTAS) 29 Attitude measurements 31 Validity measurements 31 Convergent validity 31 Predictive validity 31 Choices of snacks 31 Reported frequency of consumption 34 Pleasantness and healthiness ratings 34 Data analysis 35