food journal

Meal tracking notebook

A food journal is a record of what you eat, typically kept for health, dietary, or weight-loss purposes.

Entries usually note meals, portions, and sometimes calories or nutritional information.

Some food journals also track mood or hunger levels to identify eating patterns: My nutritionist asked me to keep a food journal for two weeks.

Opposites
documentation vs. non-documentation of eating

food journalmindless eating

Unconscious food consumption

intuitive eating · emotional eating · binge eating

tracking purpose

food journalexercise log

Record of physical activity

activity tracker · sleep journal

document type

food journalrecipe book

Printed cooking guide

cookbook · meal plan · recipe collection · grocery list · menu

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G