You Are What You Eat… But Do You Eat What You Are? The Role of Identity in Eating Behaviors-A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identity is a major construct in the fields of psychology and anthropology that can relate to both the maintenance of eating behaviors and cultural sensitivity. However, there has not been any systematic effort to understand the role of identity in eating behaviors and the maintenance of eating behaviors, or to address multiple aspects of identity within an individual across scientific disciplines. This scoping review aims to understand and describe existing research relating identity to eating behaviors and to detail the measurement of identity.

Methods

We conducted a systematic search of Ovid, PsychINFO, Embase, and Web of Science for articles on identity and eating behaviors published between January 1946 and March 2022. We utilized the Preferred Reporting Item

SUBMITTER: Gerber S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9458161 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature