Personality and eating habits revisited: Associations between the big five, food choices, and Body Mass Index in a representative Australian sample

Mõttus et al. (2012) experimented on 1,691 Estonian adults, all aged between 18 and 89, to examine the relationship between personality traits and dietary habits. Eleven items were used to measure dietary habits of the sample population which identified two dietary patterns: health-aware, defined by increased consumption of cereal, dairy products, fish, fruits and vegetables; […]

Since it has been proposed that personality may be linked to dietary choices, this 2014 review evaluated the evidence for an association between the Big Five dimensions of personality with dietary consumption, and compliance to dietary recommendations. Lunn et al. (2014) inspected findings from cross-sectional surveys conducted in various countries and cultures and noted a […]