3.8. Habitual Eating Behaviour
Participants spoke about eating behaviours being habitual in that there was a pattern of, or association with, their eating, which meant that they continued consuming indulgences. They also found it hard to change their eating behaviour. “… What I realised it’s not so much the food, it’s just a pattern of eating, and a pattern of indulgence and pattern of, you know that you just …. It’s old habits, yeah. And it’s just choosing to ignore this, because you know, once you know that you shouldn’t be eating something, or you should be eating less of something, you can’t un-know it. You just choose to ignore it.” Female, 59 years. 