Becoming Vegetarian: The Eating Patterns and Accounts of Newly Practicing Vegetarians

Boyle, Joseph E.

doi:10.1080/07409710.2011.630620

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Becoming Vegetarian: The Eating Patterns and Accounts of Newly Practicing Vegetarians

Boyle, Joseph E.·2011·Food and Foodways

DOI 10.1080/07409710.2011.630620

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Vegetarianism is a dynamic and fluid lifestyle that can be described as unique for each person who practices. Vegetarianism traditionally falls outside of the accepted eating patterns in Western nations; furthermore, the meat-free lifestyle can be classified as a form of positive deviance. Semistructured interviews were conducted with self-described vegetarians regarding eating patterns and motivations within the initial adoption of the lifestyle. Vegetarian vocabularies of motive were categorized according to established deviance theory referred to as accounts. This newly practicing, or developmental, stage of vegetarianism was more likely to fall on the less strict side of the vegetarian continuum for eating patterns and the motives had a propensity to be monothematic.

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Authors: Boyle, J. E.
Affiliations: Brookdale Community College (US)
Corresponding author: Boyle, Joseph E.
Venue: Food and Foodways
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Published: 2011-10
Volume: 19
Issue: 4
Pages: 314-333
ISSN: 0740-9710 (ISSN-L)
1542-3484
DOI: 10.1080/07409710.2011.630620
OpenAlex: W1970582467
Cited by: 35
References: 42
Citations by year: 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2
FWCI: 0.57
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Food and Foodways (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices
Keywords: vegetarian diet, dietary habits, positive deviance, meatless diet, deviance theory

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