"To eat and to know what you eat": exploring perceptions on diet and diet recording among people in a Sri Lankan locality.

ABSTRACT: Improving nutrition through dietary modification is important for prevention of non-communicable diseases. Lack of culturally-apt diet recording tools undermine the accurate assessment of dietary behaviors of a population, in research and practice. This study aimed to explore public perceptions on diet and diet recording in the Sri Lankan setting, as a preliminary step in designing a diet recording tool that reflects local food culture and eating habits. Three focus group discussions were conducted among a heterogeneous, purposively selected sample of 30 adults to identify perceptions on diet and diet recording, following completion of a standard food diary. Content analysis identified six key themes: i.e. definition of a meal, knowledge on calories, determinants of diet, benefits / diffic

SUBMITTER: Rajakaruna VPC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12659084 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature