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Errors as a Means of Reducing Impulsive Food Choice

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Constructing food choice decisions.

Jeffery Sobal¹, Carole A Bisogni

¹Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, MVR Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. js57@cornell.edu

Annals of Behavioral Medicine : a Publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine

|September 30, 2009

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Understanding food choices requires a comprehensive model. This study develops a constructionist model integrating life events, influences, and personal systems for dynamic food decision-making and behaviors.

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Area of Science:

Behavioral Science
Food Science
Social Science

Background:

Food choice decisions are complex, dynamic, and influence various food behaviors like acquisition, preparation, and consumption.
Numerous academic disciplines study decision-making processes.

Purpose of the Study:

To address limitations of existing theories in explaining food choice decisions.
To develop a comprehensive model for understanding the multifaceted nature of food decision-making.

Main Methods:

Utilized constructionist social definition perspectives.
Employed inductive reasoning to develop a food choice process model.
Organized factors and dynamics influencing food behaviors.

Main Results:

The developed model integrates life course events, influences (cultural, personal, social, contextual), and a personal system (values, classification, strategies).
These components dynamically interact to shape food choice decisions and subsequent behaviors.
The model accounts for trajectories, transitions, and contexts in food decision-making.

Conclusions:

No single theory adequately explains the complexity of food decision-making.
A multi-perspective approach, incorporating constructionist thinking, is essential for a complete understanding of food behaviors.