Abstract
Proper diet is an important way to improve and maintain health, which involves the comprehensive matching of food (category, quantity) and individual (physical fitness, health). Behavior is the key point to achieve this matching. Without behavior change, all cognition and motivations can’t get any tangible health benefits. The aim of this study was to construct a model for analysis and intervention of healthy dietary behavior (HDB). Based on the Integrated Behavioral Model (IBM), Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Satter’s hierarchy of food needs, this study abstracted the characteristics of longevity, specificity and uncertainty of Healthy Dietary Behavior, constructed a Healthy Dietary Behavioral Model (HDBM), divided 9 negative behaviors of healthy diet (NBHD), and put forward 9 behavior interventions, which could provide ideas for change and habit formation of HDB.
Highlights
Personal behavior influences one’s health (Ryan, 2009)
The aim of this study was to construct a model for analysis and intervention of healthy dietary behavior (HDB)
Based on the Integrated Behavioral Model (IBM), Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Satter’s hierarchy of food needs, this study abstracted the characteristics of longevity, specificity and uncertainty of Healthy Dietary Behavior, constructed a Healthy Dietary Behavioral Model (HDBM), divided 9 negative behaviors of healthy diet (NBHD), and put forward 9 behavior interventions, which could provide ideas for change and habit formation of HDB
Summary
Personal behavior influences one’s health (Ryan, 2009). As for the improvement of health through dietary behavior, it is a human need since ancient times. All cognition and motivations can’t get any tangible health benefits. On how to promote health through diet, in addition to pay attention to the dietary pattern which is widely known, it’s essential to make behavior change happen smoothly. Changing one’s health behaviors is a more complex process than originally envisioned (Ryan, 2009). Many behavioral theories involve different fields, such as work motivation, student education, health promotion, etc. There is no specific theory or model for dietary behavior. For promoting HDB more effectively, it is necessary to develop a theory or model for dietary behavior
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