Self-regulation of healthy nutrition: automatic and controlled processes

BMC Psychology

Table 2 Hierarchical regression analyses predicting food choice and beverage intake

Step	Predictor	Food choice ^c		Mineral water intake		Soft drink intake		Difference: mineral water intake − soft drink intake
		ΔR ²	β	ΔR ²	β	ΔR ²	β	ΔR ²	β
1	Gender ^a	.01	−.08	.14**	−.24*	.20***	−.43***	.06⁺	.13
	Age		−.02		.19⁺		.10		.17
2	Healthy diet	.19**	.15	.05	.04	.01		.09*	.01
	Preference for healthy food		.20⁺		.07				.03
	Preference for unhealthy food		−.28**		−.16				−.28**
3	Nutrition IAT ^b	.00		.05*	.22*	.00		.06*	.24*
Total R²		.19**		.23**		.20***		.21**
N		87		90		90		90

Note. ^a1 = female, 0 = male. ^bHigh scores indicate a stronger association between self + healthy food than between self + unhealthy food. ^c1 = fruit, 0 = snack
Total R² and β coefficients are for the final equation of the regression analyses
⁺ p < .10, * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001

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