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Dec 18, 2020 · Key determinants of general food choice are identified and categorized, including food-internal factor (sensory and perceptual features), food-external factors (information, social environment, physical environment), personal-state factors (biological features and physiological needs, psychological components, habits and experiences), cognitive ...
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May 9, 2024 · Psychologist Susan Albers, PsyD, explains the role that psychology plays when it comes to food, eating, weight management and mental health. What is the psychology of eating? What we eat affects how we feel. Food should make us feel good. It tastes great and nourishes our bodies.
Oct 21, 2015 · In this Special Issue, entitled “Food choice and Nutrition: A Social Psychological Perspective”, three broad themes have been identified: (1) social and environmental influences on food choice; (2) psychological influences on eating behaviour; and (3) eating behaviour profiling.
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This article delves into the realm of the psychology of food choices and preferences within the framework of health psychology. The introduction sets the stage by emphasizing the critical importance of understanding the psychological factors influencing individuals’ decisions related to food.
- Major Determinants of Food Choice
- Eating Disorders
- Consumer Attitudes, Beliefs, Knowledge and Optimistic Bias
- Barriers to Dietary and Lifestyle Change
- Models For Changing Behaviour
- Changing Food Behaviour: Successful Interventions
- Conclusion
- References
The key driver for eating is of course hunger but what we choose to eat is not determined solely by physiological or nutritional needs. Some of the other factors that influence food choice include: 1. Biological determinants such as hunger, appetite, and taste 2. Economic determinants such as cost, income, availability 3. Physical determinants such...
Eating behaviour, unlike many other biological functions, is often subject to sophisticated cognitive control. One of the most widely practised forms of cognitive control over food intake is dieting. Many individuals express a desire to lose weight or improve their body shape and thus engage in approaches to achieve their ideal body mass index. How...
Consumer attitudes and beliefs
In both the areas of food safety and nutrition, our understanding of consumers’ attitudes are poorly researched26. A better understanding of how the public perceive their diets would help in the design and implementation of healthy eating initiatives. The Pan-European Survey of Consumer Attitudes to Food, Nutrition and Health found that the top five influences on food choice in 15 European member states are ‘quality/freshness’ (74%), ‘price’ (43%), ‘taste’ (38%), ‘trying to eat healthy’ (32%)...
Optimistic bias
There is a low level of perceived need among European populations to alter their eating habits for health reasons, 71% surveyed believing that their diets are already adequately healthy31. This high level of satisfaction with current diets has been reported in Australian52, American10 and English subjects37. The lack of need to make dietary changes, suggest a high level of optimistic bias, which is a phenomenon where people believe that they are at less risk from a hazard compared to others....
Focus on cost
Household income and the cost of food is an important factor influencing food choice, especially for low-income consumers. The potential for food wastage leads to a reluctance to try ‘new’ foods for fear the family will reject them. In addition, a lack of knowledge and the loss of cooking skills can also inhibit buying and preparing meals from basic ingredients. Education on how to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in an affordable way such that no further expense, in money or effort,...
Time constraints
Lack of time is frequently mentioned for not following nutritional advice, particularly by the young and well educated33. People living alone or cooking for one seek out convenience foods rather than cooking from basic ingredients. This need has been met with a shift in the fruit and vegetables market from loose to prepacked, prepared and ready-to-cook products. These products are more expensive than loose products but people are willing to pay the extra cost because of the convenience they b...
Health Behavioural Models
Understanding how people make decisions about their health can help in planning health promotion strategies. This is where the influence of social psychology and its associated theory-based models play a role. These models help to explain human behaviour and in particular to understand how people make decisions about their health. They have also been used to predict the likelihood that dietary behaviour change will occur. This section focuses on a select few.
Stage classification for health-related behaviour
The Stages of Change model developed by Prochaska42and co-workers suggests that health related behaviour change occurs through five separate stages. These are pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action and maintenance. The model assumes that if different factors influence transitions at different stages, then individuals should respond best to interventions tailored to match their stage of change. The Stages of Change model, in contrast to the other models discussed, has proven to...
Dietary change is not easy because it requires alterations in habits that have been built up over a life-time. Various settings such as schools, workplaces, supermarkets, primary care and community based studies have been used in order to identify what works for particular groups of people. Although results from such trials are difficult to extrapo...
There are many influences on food choice which provide a whole set of means to intervene into and improve people's food choices. There are also a number of barriers to dietary and lifestyle change, which vary depending on life stages and the individual or group of people in question. It is a major challenge both to health professionals and to the p...
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Jul 22, 2019 · These findings highlighted a link between dieting and negative thinking, which foster unhealthy eating patterns. Therefore, intuitive eating may offer a useful alternative to re-establish a healthier relationship with food. Keywords: Eating, Attitudes, Food-related cognitions, Qualitative, Emotional Influences. Go to:
