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Eating habits

Meaning in nutrition & dietetics, with examples

nounCore term

In nutrition & dietetics, eating habits means: The usual ways a person eats: what, when, where, how much and how fast they eat, together with the routines and feelings connected with food.

In Turkish: beslenme alışkanlıkları, yeme alışkanlıkları

How it is used

Very common in counseling, research and public health. People 'change', 'improve', 'develop' or 'break' eating habits, which can be described as healthy, poor, irregular or long-standing. Children's eating habits are a major topic for parents and schools.

Example sentences

  1. We started by talking about her eating habits at work, where she often skips lunch.

  2. Eating habits formed in childhood often continue into adult life.

Common collocations

  • healthy eating habits
  • change your eating habits
  • irregular eating habits
  • eating patterns
  • behavior changeThe process of changing habits and actions, such as how a person shops, cooks or eats, in a way that lasts over time. In nutrition it is often the main goal of counseling.
  • food diaryA written or digital record in which a person notes everything they eat and drink over a few days, often with times, amounts and how they felt.
  • snackA small amount of food eaten between main meals, or a type of food that people often eat in this way, such as fruit, nuts, yogurt or crackers.
  • stick toTo continue following a plan, diet, rule or decision without stopping or changing it, even when it becomes difficult.

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