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Kamisha Hamilton Escoto1, Melissa Nelson Laska, Nicole Larson
1Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. khescoto@mdanderson.org
Objective:
To describe time-related beliefs and behaviors regarding healthful eating, indicators of dietary intake, and their associations with the number of weekly hours of paid work among young adults.
Methods:
Population-based study in a diverse cohort (N=2287).
Results:
Working > 40 hours per week was associated with time-related barriers to healthful eating most persistently among young adult men. Associations were found among females working both part-time and > 40 hours per week with both time-related barriers and dietary intake.
Conclusions:
Findings indicate that intervention strategies, ideally those addressing time burden, are needed to promote healthful eating among young, working adults.
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