Can environmental signals influence dietary Behaviours?The impact of governmental green development attention on dietary diversity among older adults
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Government focus on green development is linked to better nutrition for older adults. This policy signal influences dietary diversity through health framing and environmental improvements.
Area Of Science
- Environmental Science
- Gerontology
- Public Health
Background
- Simultaneous national agendas for green transition and healthy aging are reshaping older adults' nutritional behavior.
- Institutional governance plays a role in influencing nutritional choices among the elderly.
Purpose Of The Study
- To assess the association between provincial-level prioritization of green development and dietary diversity among older adults.
- To identify the channels through which governmental attention to green development impacts nutrition.
Main Methods
- Utilized four waves of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) data (2008-2018).
- Linked survey data with provincial government work reports to construct a 'governmental green development attention' index.
- Employed two-way fixed-effects models and robustness checks, including double machine learning (DML) for causal effect estimation.
Main Results
- Higher governmental attention to green development is significantly associated with greater dietary diversity in older adults.
- Key transmission channels include agenda salience, social participation, framing green as healthy, and improved public environmental conditions.
- The supply-side of green transition and green patents show positive associations; policy attention exhibits an inverted U-shape relationship with dietary balance.
Conclusions
- Environmental governance and policy signals can positively influence the nutritional behavior of older adults.
- Findings inform nutrition-oriented interventions for aging societies by highlighting the health spillovers of environmental policies.
- Specific subgroups, such as men and those not living alone, show stronger responsiveness to environmental signals.
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