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From: “We think about the quantity more”: factors influencing emerging adults’ food outlet choice in a university food environment, a qualitative enquiry

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Schematic representation of the relationships among the main themes: A Students assessing the potential food outlet options (considering distance to outlet, opening hours, access to cookware, time needed to prepare or procure food); B information environment [students mostly relied on their social network—friends, colleagues, and roommates—complimented by information from phone-based applications) for information on available food outlets; followed by knowledge from their own past experiences of using the foodscape (C) and exposure to outlets they encountered in their daily classroom-residence journeys (D)]. E Cravings (food environment exposure influenced individuals to form intentions to eat). Preference for quantity/satiety (F) due to mismatch between environmental level and personal level factors, leading to routine use of outlet(s) offering more calories for price (H). The prevailing university food environment characteristics appeared to be a product of continuous patronage by students over the years (G)

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