Laura Winter Falk

TL;DR: The conceptual food choice process model represents the rich and complex bases of food practices, and provides a theoretical framework for research and practice in nutrition.

TL;DR: A multiple-perspective model of the food choice process pertaining to the food choices of older adults is proposed after two semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with 16 individuals to learn about how they chose foods.

TL;DR: Analysis of 7 consecutive, qualitative 24-h recalls of foods and beverages consumed from 42 US adults who worked in non-managerial, non-professional positions resulted in a conceptual framework that characterizes eating and drinking episodes as holistic and as having eight interconnected dimensions.

TL;DR: A emic perspective of how a diverse sample of adults conceptualize and manage healthy eating is provided, exposing the implicit and multiplistic nature of healthy eating conceptions provides information useful to health educators promoting behavior changes.

TL;DR: The authors used depth interviews and secondary analysis of existing qualitative data sets to examine how the public constructs and uses food classifications in the U.S. They found that people classify foods into multiple categories to construct order in complex food environments.