Think before you eat: photographic food diaries as intervention tools to change dietary decision making and attitudes
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This paper examines the use of photographic and written food diaries as interventions to raise awareness of and change dietary habits. Weinstein's precaution adoption theory and Guagnano, Stern and Dietz's Attitude Behaviour Context theory provide the theoretical basis to explain why nutrition knowledge does not result in healthy eating behaviour and why an intervention may be necessary to change attitudes and behaviours. A pilot study using written and photographic food diaries was conducted with 43 participants. Qualitative analysis of participant interviews revealed that photographic food diaries can alter attitudes and behaviours associated with food choices, and they are more likely to do so than written diaries because they serve as an intervention at the point when decisions regarding what to eat are being made.
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A pilot study using disposable cameras suggests that recording food before eating can lead to increased consideration of dietary habits and alter food choices better than written diaries.
“A pilot study using disposable cameras suggests that recording food before eating can lead to increased consideration of dietary habits and alter food choices better than written diaries [21].”
From Factors related to sustained use of a free mobile app for dietary self-monitoring with photography and peer feedback: retrospective cohort study (2014) · cites this paper as [21]
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- Authors
- Zepeda, L., & Deal, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Corresponding author
- Zepeda, Lydia
- ORCID
- Zepeda, Lydia
- Venue
- International Journal of Consumer Studies
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2008-10-15
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 692-698
- ISSN
- 1470-6423 (ISSN-L)
- 1470-6431
- OpenAlex
- W2170494295
- Cited by
- 97
- References
- 27
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- FWCI
- 2.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Consumer Studies (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Keywords
- dietary decision-making, dietary attitudes, dietary behavior change, nutrition knowledge, health interventions, food choice
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