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The term ‘availability,’ categorized within the Diet-Behavior Relationship in nutritional psychology, refers to a determinant of dietary intake behavior: the presence and accessibility of foods in an individual’s environment, including homes, workplaces, schools, restaurants, grocery stores, and broader social and community settings. The types of food available and how easily they can be obtained can strongly influence what people eat and how often they eat.
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- Medina, N. d’Ottaviano, De Carvalho-Ferreira, J. P., Beghini, J., & Da Cunha, D. T. (2023). The psychological impact of the widespread availability of palatable foods predicts uncontrolled and emotional eating in adults. Foods, 13(1), 52. View source
- Dicker-Oren, S. D., Gelkopf, M., & Greene, T. (2022). The dynamic network associations of food craving, restrained eating, hunger and negative emotions. Appetite, 175, 106019. View source
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CNP (2026). Availability. In CNP Encyclopedia Editorial Board (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Nutritional Psychology. The Center for Nutritional Psychology.
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