APPENDIX B

Variables for Food Data

Variable names for the food data are given in Tables B.1.

Table B.1 Variables for the beer dataset.

Variable

Description

GPA

Grade point average.

Gender

Female (1); male (2).

breakfast

What do you associate with breakfast? Cereal (1); doughnut (2).

calories_chicken

Guess for calories in chicken piadina: 265 (1), 430 (2), 610 (3), 720 (4).

calories_day

Importance of daily amount of calorie consumption: I don’t know how many calories I should consume (1); not at all important (2); moderately important (3); very important (4).

calories_scone

Guess for calories in a scone.

coffee

What do you associate with coffee? Creamy frappuccino (1); espresso (2).

comfort_food

List 3–5 comfort foods.

comfort_food_reasons

List up to three reasons you consume comfort food.

comfort_food_reasons_coded

Stress (1); boredom (2); depression/sadness (3); hunger (4); laziness (5); cold weather (6); happiness (7); watching TV (8); none (9).

cook

How often do you cook? Every day (1); a couple of times a week (2); whenever I can, but that is not very often (3); I only help a little during holidays (4); never, I really do not know my way around a kitchen (5).

cuisine

What type of cuisine did you eat growing up? American (1); Mexican/Spanish (2); Korean/Asian (3); Indian (4); American inspired international dishes (5); other (6).

diet_current

Describe your current diet.

diet_current_coded

Healthy/balanced/moderated (1); unhealthy/cheap/too much/random (2); the same thing over and over (3); unclear (4).

drink

Binary: What do you associate with drink? Orange juice (1); soda (2).

eating_changes

Eating changes since admitted to college.

eating_changes_coded

Worse (1); better (2); the same (3); unclear (4).

eating_changes_coded1

Eat faster (1); bigger quantity (2); worse quality (3); same food (4); healthier (5); unclear (6); drink coffee (7); less food (8); more sweets (9); timing (10); more carbs or snacking (11); drink more water (12); more variety (13).

eating_out

Frequency of eating out in a typical week: Never (1); 1–2 times (2); 2–3 times (3); 3–5 times (4); every day (5).

employment

Do you work? Yes, full time (1); yes, part time (2); no (3); other (4).

ethnic_food

How likely are you to eat ethnic food? Very unlikely (1); unlikely (2); neutral (3); likely (4); very likely (5).

exercise

How often do you exercise in a regular week? Every day (1); twice or three times per week (2); once a week (3); sometimes (4); never (5).

father_education

Less than high school (1); high school degree (2); some college degree (3); college degree (4); graduate degree (5).

father_profession

Profession of father.

fav_cuisine

Favourite cuisine.

fav_cuisine_coded

None (0); Italian/French/Greek (1); Spanish/Mexican (2); Arabic/Turkish (3); Asian/Chinese/Thai/Nepal (4); American (5); African (6); Jamaican (7); Indian (8).

fav_food

Favourite food was: cooked at home (1); store bought (2); both bought at store and cooked at home (3).

food_childhood

Favourite childhood food.

fries

Which do you associate with fries? McDonald’s fries (1); home fries.

fruit_day

How likely are you to eat fruit in a regular day? Very unlikely (1); unlikely (2); neutral (3); likely (4); very likely (5).

grade_level

Freshman (1), Sophomore (2), Junior (3), Senior (4).

greek_food

How likely are you to eat Greek food when available? Very unlikely (1); unlikely (2); neutral (3); likely (4); very likely (5).

healthy_feeling

“I feel very healthy!”: Strongly agree (1) to strongly disagree (10).

healthy_meal

What is a healthy meal?

ideal_diet

Describe your ideal diet.

ideal_diet_coded

Portion control (1); adding veggies/eating healthier food/adding fruit(2); balance (3); less sugar (4); home cooked/organic (5); current diet (6); more protein (7); unclear (8).

income

<$15,000 (1); $15,001–$30,000 (2); $30,001–$50,000 (3); $50,001–$70,000 (4); $70,001–$100,000 (5); >$100,000 (6).

indian_food

How likely are you to eat Indian food when available? Very unlikely (1); unlikely (2); neutral (3); likely (4); very likely (5).

italian_food

How likely are you to eat Italian food when available? Very unlikely (1); unlikely (2); neutral (3); likely (4); very likely (5).

life_rewarding

“I feel life is very rewarding!”: strongly agree (1) to strongly disagree (10).

marital_status

Single (1), in a relationship (2), cohabiting (3), married (4), divorced (5), widowed (6).

meals_dinner_friend

What would you serve a friend for dinner?

mother_education

Less than high school (1); high school degree (2); some college degree (3); college degree (4); graduate degree (5).

mother_profession

Mother’s profession.

nutritional_check

Checking nutritional values frequency: Never (1); on certain products only (2); very rarely (3); on most products (4); on everything (5).

on_off_campus

Living situation: on campus (1); rent out of campus (2); live with my parents and commute (3); own my own house (4).

parents_cook

Approximately how many days a week did your parents cook? Almost everyday (1); 2–3 times a week (2); 1–2 times a week (3); on holidays only (4); never (5).

pay_meal_out

How much would you pay for a meal out? <$5.00 (1); $5.01–$10.00 (2); $10.01–$20.00 (3); $20.01–$30.00 (4); $30.01–$40.00 (5); >$40.01 (6).

persian_food

How likely are you to eat Persian food when available: very unlikely (1); unlikely (2); neutral (3); likely (4); and very likely (5).

self_perception_weight

Self-perception of weight: Slim (1); very fit (2); just right (3); slightly overweight (4); overweight (5); I don’t think of myself in these terms (6).

soup

Which of the two pictures do you associate with the word soup? Veggie soup (1); creamy soup (2).

sports

Do you do any sporting activity? Yes (1); no (2); no answer (99).

thai_food

How likely are you to eat Thai food when available? Very unlikely (1); unlikely (2); neutral (3); likely (4); very likely (5).

tortilla_calories

Guess for calories in a burrito sandwich from Chipotle: 580 (1); 725 (2); 940 (3); 1165 (4).

turkey_calories

Guess for calories in Panera Bread roasted turkey and avocado BLT: 345 (1); 500 (2); 690 (3); 850 (4).

type_sports

In what type of sports are you involved?

veggies_day

How likely are you to eat veggies in a day? Very unlikely (1); unlikely (2); neutral (3); likely (4); very likely (5).

vitamins

Do you take any supplements or vitamins? Yes (1); no (2).

waffle_calories

Guess for calories in a waffle potato sandwich: 575 (1); 760 (2); 900 (3); 1315 (4).

weight

What is you weight in pounds?