Fig 1.
The conceptual model.
Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the participants by gender.
Table 2.
Healthy dietary pattern question/items mean scores and 1st and 3rd quartiles.
Table 3.
Comparison of food indices, nutrition knowledge, eating restrictions, and food involvement by gender.
Fig 2.
Comparison of nutritional indices by body mass index.
Table 4.
Correlation coefficients and descriptive indices of variables.
Table 5.
Fit indices of the primary and modified models.
Fig 3.
Standardized coefficients of the modified model.
Table 6.
Standardized coefficients for direct and indirect routes.
Table 7.
The moderating effect of gender and the mediating role of food involvement in the relationship between eating restrictions and dietary patterns.