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Eating Habits

Eating habits are the recurring patterns of food choice, meal timing, portion size, and dietary behavior that shape an individual's or population's nutritional intake over time. They are central to nutrition science because what, when, and how much people habitually eat strongly influences energy balance, nutrient a…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 86× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-7835

Overview

Eating habits are the recurring patterns of food choice, meal timing, portion size, and dietary behavior that shape an individual's or population's nutritional intake over time. They are central to nutrition science because what, when, and how much people habitually eat strongly influences energy balance, nutrient adequacy, and the risk of diet-related conditions such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Eating habits are shaped by an interplay of biological, psychological, cultural, economic, and environmental factors, which is why interventions to change them range from individual dietary counseling to school-based regulation and broader food-environment policy. Research in this area examines both the determinants of dietary behavior and strategies to improve it. The journal publishes work on food-intake patterns and energy density in weight loss and maintenance, cultural dimensions of the Mediterranean diet, and comparative dietary education across countries. Further studies address regulation of foods offered to schoolchildren, barriers to physical activity and healthy eating perceived by low-income parents, body composition and nutritional status across age groups, and dietary advice delivered as a structured clinical intervention. Additional articles consider nutrition and the gut microbiota, dietary diversity among pregnant adolescents, management of childhood obesity, and dietary behavior during the COVID-19 period, reflecting the breadth of factors that influence everyday eating.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2019

Culture and Mediterranean Diet

López M.T IglesiasCorresponding author
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Faculty of Health Sciences, Spain
Exact topic International Journal of Nutrition Cited by 12 doi:10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-18-2272

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 86 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Eating Habits, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Nutrition (ISSN 2379-7835).

Journal editorial board
Christopher Ochner · United States Alicja Kuban-Jankowska · Poland Angel Catala · Argentina

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