Cultural Influences on the Regulation of Energy Intake and Obesity: A Qualitative Study Comparing Food Customs and Attitudes to Eating in Adults from France and the United States

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 63
• Main Authors: Dao, Maria Carlota, Thiron, Sophie, Messer, Ellen, Sergeant, Camille, Sévigné, Anne, Huart, Camille, Rossi, Melinda, Silverman, Ilyssa, Sakaida, Kylie, Bel Lassen, Pierre, Sarrat, Charlotte, Arciniegas, Laura, Das, Sai Krupa, Gausserès, Nicolas, Clément, Karine, Roberts, Susan B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.01.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Attitude; Attitudes; Body mass index; Body Weight; Chronic illnesses; Codes; Culture; Customs; Data collection; Eating; Eating behavior; Energy Intake; External pressure; Feeding Behavior; Female; Focus Groups; Food; Food and Nutrition; Food consumption; food culture; Food habits; Food Preferences; Food processing; Food processing industry; Food production; Food quality; France; Health care; Hospitals; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Hunger; Influence; Interviews; Laws, regulations and rules; Life Sciences; Male; Middle Aged; Nutrition; Nutritional Status; Obesity; Overweight; Pleasure; Qualitative Research; Risk taking; Social factors; Social interactions; Sociology; United States; Weight control; weight management; France; United States; United States > US; weight management; eating behavior; food culture; obesity

(1) Background: The influence of food culture on eating behavior and obesity risk is poorly understood. (2) Methods: In this qualitative study, 25 adults in France with or without overweight/obesity participated in semi-structured interviews ( = 10) or focus groups ( = 15) to examine attitudes to fo...