Category FAQs Search : Intermittent Diet
Question: Restricted pleasure for healthy eating and food well-being
Answer: Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship of dietary restriction and food well-being (FWB) in an under-researched population using a novel but growing approach to transition to healthier eating patterns.
Design/methodology/approach
This study uses individual interviews of African-American participants in a food detoxification program, a specific form of food restriction used to transition to healthier eating.
Findings
Results identify how food socialization and food literacy enable individuals to transform their relationship with food and enhance their FWB. Unlike prior research that focuses on food as the source of pleasure, this study finds that food is deployed as fuel, and this transition results in pleasure.
Originality/value
This research explains how a voluntary transition to healthier eating enables people to pursue FWB and extends the understanding of FWB (Block et al., 2011). In addition, this research contributes novel insights related to transformative consumer research efforts to motivate change. Findings have implications for marketing theory and practice, including the development of social marketing campaigns to support healthy eating patterns, especially for at-risk populations.
(Source: , 29 Jun 2021)
Source Link: https://doi-org.onlinedatabase.librarynet.com.my/10.1108/QMR-11-2018-0131