Cultural aspects of meals and meal frequency
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Abstracts: The present paper presents a certain number of cultural elements which interact in the determination of the frequency of food intake. Approaches from various perspectives (historical, ethnological, anthropological, sociological) draw attention to two major aspects relating to the periodicity of food intake: the extreme cultural diversity and the continual modifications which have occurred over time and space. The various cultural models change and are subject to multiple influences, for example, cross-cultural, economic and historical. In addition, there are interactions between the models. The definitions of food intake and frequency play a major role in building up consumers' perceptions. These various perceptions are multiple (perception of self, of food and its virtues, the rules and moral values of consumption) and finally influence behaviours. Finally, and taking into account the systems of beliefs, the very nature of feeding behaviours may carry feelings of guilt for the subject. The study of real behaviours and their relationship with health is still incomplete for reasons of methodology and also of conceptual definition. In future, data collection has to take into account real behaviour as well as subjective perceptions and value judgements. A specific effort has to be made in the future to develop methodology. This should allow the collection of reliable data and particularly comparisons between studies, without oversimplifying and distorting cultural specificities.
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Social jetlag is the discrepancy between our internal body clocks and our social clock and this has also been associated with increased risk for non-communicable chronic diseases such as obesity and the metabolic syndrome.
“Social jetlag is the discrepancy between our internal body clocks and our social clock and this has also been associated with increased risk for non-communicable chronic diseases such as obesity (30) and the metabolic syndrome (7) .”
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- Authors
- Chiva, M.
- Affiliations
- Université Paris Nanterre (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Chiva, Matty
- Venue
- British Journal of Nutrition
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1997-04
- Volume
- 77
- Issue
- S1
- Pages
- S21-S28
- ISSN
- 0007-1145 (ISSN-L)
- 1475-2662
- OpenAlex
- W2167438005
- Cited by
- 78
- References
- 9
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- FWCI
- 2.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- British Journal Of Nutrition (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Keywords
- meal frequency, dietary intake, cultural influences on eating, eating behaviour, guilt, cross-cultural variation, dietary habits
- MeSH terms
- Attitude, Energy Intake, China, Europe, Feeding Behavior, Food Preferences, Humans, Periodicity, United States
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