Abstract

This project developed a method for constructing eating maps that portray places, times, and people in an individual's eating episodes. Researchers used seven consecutive days of qualitative eating recall interviews from 42 purposively sampled U.S. adults to draw a composite eating map of eating sites, meals, and partners for each person on a template showing home, work, automobile, other homes, and other places. Participants evaluated their own maps and provided feedback. The eating maps revealed diverse places, times, and partners. Eating maps offer a flexible tool for eliciting, displaying, validating, and applying information to visualize eating patterns within contexts.

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Authors

Sobal J, Blake C, Jastran M, Lynch A, Bisogni CA, Devine CM

Institution

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

Source

Ecology of food and nutrition 51:3 2012 pg 247-64

MeSH

Adult
Eating
Feeding Behavior
Female
Humans
Male
Mental Recall
Middle Aged
Models, Theoretical
Social Behavior
Social Environment
Time Factors
Young Adult

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22632063