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Impact of dishware size on energy intake in adult females: A randomized control trial examining effects on within-meal and post-meal energy intake Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Tess Langfield, Katie Clarke, Ahmed A. Sadab, Andrew Jones, Eric Robinson
The influence dishware size has on meal energy intake is unclear and no study to date has examined the impact on total daily energy intake. In a pre-registered RCT we investigate the impact of breakfast dishware size on breakfast and post-breakfast energy intake, as well as daily energy intake and hunger/fullness. In a repeated-measures design, 50 females (aged 18–77 years) were randomised to receive
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Seeing is misbelieving: Consumers wrongly believe that unhealthy food tastes better when there is more of it Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Sonja Kunz, Niklas Pivecka, Clara Dietachmair, Arnd Florack
Recent studies have shown that people can believe that unhealthy foods taste better, even if healthy and unhealthy foods are equally as tasty. Specifically, when tasty and unhealthy foods are frequent in one context but rare in another, people perceive unhealthy foods to taste better, even if health and taste are unrelated. Given that people often consume food in one context, the current study investigated
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Examining measurement invariance of appetitive trait and ARFID symptom measures by food security status Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Kaoon Francois Ban, Vivienne M. Hazzard, Hana F. Zickgraf, Shannon M. O'Connor
Measures assessing appetitive traits (i.e., individual differences in the desire to consume food) and disordered eating have generally been developed in predominantly food-secure populations. The current study aims to test measurement invariance (MI) for a measure of appetitive traits and a measure of Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) symptomology across food security status. Data from
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Shades and shifts in flexitarian and meat-oriented consumer profiles in a German panel study Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Anna-Maria Strässner, Werner Wirth
Consumers’ growing awareness of the adverse effects of high meat consumption has led to increased attention to flexitarian or meat-reduced diets. However, most flexitarians do not significantly reduce their meat consumption and still eat many meat-based meals. This study aims to classify the large and heterogeneous consumer group of flexitarians into different profiles based on attitudinal, normative
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Food insecurity, poor diet, and metabolic measures: The roles of stress and cortisol Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Dorothy T. Chiu, Jordan E. Parker, Cameron R. Wiley, Elissa S. Epel, Barbara A. Laraia, Cindy W. Leung, A. Janet Tomiyama
Food insecurity is highly prevalent and linked to poorer diet and worse metabolic outcomes. Food insecurity can be stressful, and could elicit chronic psychological and physiological stress. In this study, we tested whether stress could be used to identify those at highest risk for worse diet and metabolic measures from food insecurity. Specifically, we hypothesized that cortisol (a physiological marker
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Vegetarian, vegan, or plant-based? Comparing how different labels influence consumer evaluations of plant-based foods Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Matthew B. Ruby, João Graça, Eero Olli
Market actors have a role to play in enabling sustainable food transitions. One challenge for these actors is how to promote plant-based foods in ways that appeal to a growing number of consumers. Here we test how different plant-based related labels affect consumer appraisals of a range of foods (cookies, sausages, cheese, chocolate, pasta). In two studies (pre-registered; = 1148, = 491), we examined
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The association between unhealthy dietary behaviors and SNAP (supplemental nutrition assistance program) participation: No evidence in support of the self-selection hypothesis Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Francesco Acciai, Sarah Uehara, Chinedum Ojinnaka, Michael J. Yedidia, Punam Ohri-Vachaspati
SNAP participants have been shown to have unhealthier dietary consumption compared to eligible non-participants. It has been suggested, though never empirically tested, that individuals who enroll in SNAP may have unhealthy diets prior to program participation. Using a longitudinal cohort study design, we examined the association between low-income adults' SNAP participation status and prior dietary
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Unit size influences ad libitum intake in a snacking context via eating rate Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Madeline M. Harper, Paige M. Cunningham, Ciarán G. Forde, John E. Hayes
Geometric and textural properties of food, like unit size, have previously been shown to influence energy intake. While mechanism(s) driving this effect are unclear, unit size may relate to intake by affecting eating microstructure (e.g., eating rate, bite size). In a randomized crossover study, we investigated relationships between unit size, eating microstructure, and intake. Adults (n = 75, 75%
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Changes in UK price disparities between healthy and less healthy foods over 10 years: An updated analysis with insights in the context of inflationary increases in the cost-of-living from 2021 Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Jody C. Hoenink, Kate Garrott, Nicholas R.V. Jones, Annalijn I. Conklin, Pablo Monsivais, Jean Adams
Food prices and affordability play an important role in influencing dietary choices, which in turn have implications for public health. With inflationary increases in the cost-of-living in the UK since 2021, understanding the dynamics of food prices becomes increasingly important. In this longitudinal study, we aimed to examine changes in food prices from 2013 to 2023 by food group and by food healthiness
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Meat and morality: The moral foundation of purity, but not harm, predicts attitudes toward cultured meat Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Matti Wilks, Charlie R. Crimston, Matthew J. Hornsey
Cultured meat (also referred to as cultivated, cell-based, or cell-cultured meat) is a novel food technology that is presented as a method of meat production without reliance on large-scale industrial farming. The pro-cultured meat narrative rests, in part, on a moral foundation: cultured meat is purported to alleviate the environmental and animal welfare harms associated with farmed meat. Despite
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Age related impairments in ingestion from a large population based-sample Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Martine Hennequin, Nada El Osta, Marie-Laure Munoz-Sanchez, Mathilde Vandenberghe Descamps, Valentina A. Andreeva, Gilles Feron, Emmanuel Nicolas, Bruno Pereira, Marie-Agnès Peyron, Pierre-Yves Cousson, Claire Sulmont-Rosse, Denise Faulks
Epidemiological data regarding the evolution of problems related to mastication and swallowing with age are lacking. This study aims to (i) describe changes in oral function with age, using data from a large French population, (ii) validate online, self-report uses of an ICF questionnaire in older persons, and (iii) assess whether impairment is related to avoidance of certain foods, xerostomia, body
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Understanding the relationships between acculturation, food insecurity, and food parenting practices among socioeconomically/racially diverse parents Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Tatyana Bidopia, Angela R. Fertig, Natasha L. Burke, Katie A. Loth, Amanda C. Trofholz, Jerica M. Berge
Research suggests that acculturation and food insecurity are factors that are separately associated with the use of specific food parenting practices among United States (US) families. Certain food parenting practices, such as coercive control and unstructured food parenting practices, are related to negative health consequences in children, such as disordered eating behaviors. The current study aimed
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Late bedtime combined with more screen time before bed increases the risk of obesity and lowers diet quality in Spanish children Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 María Fernanda Zerón-Rugerio, Alicia Santamaría-Orleans, Maria Izquierdo-Pulido
This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate whether the combination of bedtime and screen time (ST) before bed were associated with obesity and diet quality in toddlers and school-aged children. Parents reported children's bedtimes and ST before bed (0 min, 1–30 min, >30 min). We then defined bed + screen time behavior using bedtime median cut-offs (early [EB] or late [LB]) and ST responses, resulting
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Does ‘portion size’ matter? Brain responses to food and non-food cues presented in varying amounts Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Bari A. Fuchs, Alaina L. Pearce, Barbara J. Rolls, Stephen J. Wilson, Emma Jane Rose, Charles F. Geier, Kathleen L. Keller
Larger portions of food elicit greater intake than smaller portions of food, particularly when foods are high in energy density (kcal/g; ED). The neural mechanisms underlying this effect remain unclear. The present study used fMRI to assess brain activation to food (higher-ED, lower-ED) and non-food (office supplies) images presented in larger and smaller (i.e., age-appropriate) amounts in 61, 7-8-year-olds
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Consumers’ perception of novel foods and the impact of heuristics and biases: A systematic review Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Alessandro Monaco, Johannes Kotz, Mirna Al Masri, Anila Allmeta, Kai P. Purnhagen, Laura M. König
According to the definition adopted in the European Union, novel foods are foods that were not consumed to a significant degree within the Union before May 15, 1997. This includes cultivated meat and insects. Novel foods are meant to play a critical role in the transition towards sustainable food systems. However, their success depends on whether and to what extent they will be incorporated into the
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Low- and high-load resistance training exercise to volitional fatigue generate exercise-induced appetite suppression Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Seth F. McCarthy, Derek P.D. Bornath, Daniel Grisebach, Jessica A.L. Tucker, Claudia Jarosz, Sion C. Ormond, Philip J. Medeiros, Tom J. Hazell
Research on exercise-induced appetite suppression often does not include resistance training (RT) exercise and only compared matched volumes. To compare the effects of low-load and high-load RT exercise completed to volitional fatigue on appetite-regulation. 11 resistance-trained males (24 ± 2 y) completed 3 sessions in a crossover experimental design: 1) control (CTRL); 2) RT exercise at 30% 1-repetition
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Too anthropomorphized to keep distance: The role of social psychological distance on meat inclinations Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Ling (Alice) Jiang, Yuan Feng, Wenkai Zhou, Zhilin Yang, Xiaolei Su
Keeping a distance from food animals helps alleviate moral conflicts associated with meat consumption. Prior research on the ‘meat paradox’ has shown that physical distance from animals reduces negative emotional responses when consuming meat. However, even with physical distance, the presence of animals in meat advertisements and packaging can establish psychological contact. The impact of psychological
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What shapes parental feeding decisions over the first 18 months of parenting: Insights into drivers towards commercial and home-prepared foods among different socioeconomic groups in the UK Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Kimberley L. Neve, Paul Coleman, Corinna Hawkes, Christina Vogel, Anna Isaacs
Infants born into families experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage follow a high-risk trajectory for obesity and poor health in later life. Differences in early childhood food experiences may be contributing to these inequalities. This study aimed to explore the factors that influence parental decisions on when, how and what food to introduce over the first 18 months of their child's life and identify
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Factors influencing baby boomers’ intention to choose a dish featuring plant-based meat alternatives (PBMA) at a restaurant: Findings from an online panel study Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Yeon Ho Shin, Jinyoung Im, Seung Eun Jung, Haemi Kim, Hhye Won Shin
The purpose of this study is to examine the psychosocial determinants of baby boomers’—born between 1946 and 1964— intention to choose a menu item featuring plant-based meat alternatives (PBMA) when dining out. The specific objectives are as follows: 1) to identify the baby boomer generation's health-related perceptions about PBMA, and 2) to examine the factors that influence baby boomers' intention
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Modifying biased attention towards food stimuli in binge eating disorder: A multi-session training study Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Dustin Werle, Lynn Sablottny, Brunna Tuschen-Caffier, Jennifer Svaldi
Individuals with binge eating disorder (BED) exhibit a biased attention towards food stimuli. Against this backdrop, the present study with pre-registered design (ID: DRKS00012984) tested whether (a) a training designed to reduce attentional food processing indeed modifies this bias, (b) this reduction is evident in several measures of food-related attention and (c) this is associated with reductions
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Longitudinal tracking of diet quality from childhood to adolescence: The Interplay of individual and sociodemographic factors Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Marta Pinto da Costa, Milton Severo, Joana Araújo, Sofia Vilela
This study aimed to examine diet tracking from childhood to adolescence, using 4 time-points, and the influence of socioeconomic and individual characteristics in this transition. The sample included 6893 children from the Portuguese birth cohort Generation XXI with complete information on Food Frequency Questionnaire in at least one of the considered follow-ups. A Healthy Eating Index (HEI), previously
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Cultivating curiosity: Consumer responses to ethical and product benefits in cultured foods Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Luis Arango, Denise M. Conroy, Amy Errmann, Felix Septinato
Cultured foods have the potential to profoundly transform the food industry. However, most current research focuses on cultured meat, neglecting other cultured products and begging the question of whether different promotional approaches are suited for certain types of cultured food products than others. To bridge this knowledge gap, we carried out two studies to explore how product type (cultured
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Applying the theory of behavioral choice to plant-based dietary intentions Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Robert Gifford, Karine Lacroix, Zahra Asgarizadeh, Emily Ashford Anderson, Madison Milne-Ives, Peter Sugrue
Improving understanding of the intention to choose plant-based food is an important element of climate change mitigation. A cross-sectional survey of 454 North American adults was used to predict their dietary-change intentions from the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the more-recently proposed theory of behavioral choice (TBC). The TPB accounted for 65 percent of the variance in intentions and
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The prevalence of food insecurity amongst refugees and asylum seekers during, and prior to, their early resettlement period in Australia: A cross-sectional analysis of the ‘Building a New Life in Australia’ data Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Julie Maree Wood, Rebecca M. Leech, Claire Margerison
With over 100 million humanitarian migrants globally, there is increasing pressure on high-income countries to offer resettlement opportunities. Humanitarian migrants face many challenges during pre-settlement and resettlement. One challenge is food insecurity (FI). The Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA) longitudinal cohort study gathered data from migrating units, that is, a group of humanitarian
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Nudging plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy in a real-life online supermarket: A randomized controlled trial Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Nina van der Vliet, Josine M. Stuber, Sanne Raghoebar, Eline Roordink, Koen van der Swaluw
A shift from predominantly animal-based to plant-based consumption can benefit both planetary and public health. Nudging may help to promote such a shift. This study investigated nudge effects on plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy in an online supermarket. We conducted a two-arm, parallel-group, randomized controlled real-life online supermarket trial. Each customer transaction was randomized
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Self-perceived food literacy in relation to the quality of overall diet and main meals: A cross-sectional study in Japanese adults Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Kentaro Murakami, Nana Shinozaki, Tsuyoshi Okuhara, Tracy A. McCaffrey, M. Barbara E. Livingstone
This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the relationship between self-perceived food literacy (SPFL) and quality of overall diet and main meals in Japanese adults. In total, 5998 adults aged 20–79 years were included in this analysis. The SPFL was assessed using the Japanese version of the 29-item Dutch SPFL scale (score range 1–5). Using validated dietary information, the Healthy Eating Index-2015
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Differences in dietary acceptability, restraint, disinhibition, and hunger among African American participants randomized to either a vegan or omnivorous soul food diet Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Gabrielle M. Turner-McGrievy, Sara Wilcox, Edward A. Frongillo, Yesil Kim, Nkechi Okpara, Mary Wilson
The Nutritious Eating with Soul study was a 24-month, randomized behavioral nutrition intervention among African American adults. This present study, which is a secondary analysis of the NEW Soul study, examined changes in dietary acceptability, restraint, disinhibition, and hunger. Participants (n = 159; 79% female, 74% with ≥ college degree, mean age 48.4 y) were randomized to either a soul food
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Sweet and sour sips: No effect of repeated exposure to sweet or sour-tasting sugary drinks on children's sweetness preference and liking Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Carina Mueller, Gertrude G. Zeinstra, Ciarán G. Forde, Gerry Jager
Health agencies advocate reducing children's sweetness exposure to lower sweetness preference or liking to ultimately lower sugar intake. However, the relationship between sweetness exposure, preference, and liking remains unclear. This work investigated the influence of exposure to a sucrose-containing sweet or sour-tasting drink on sweetness preference and liking for sweet and sour products in 4-7-year-old
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Family pressure and support on young adults' eating behaviors and body image: The role of gender Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Marie S. Nebel-Schwalm
Families play a key role in establishing eating habits of children, yet whether families continue to influence eating behaviors of young adults remains an open question. It is also not clear whether associations between family variables (i.e., support and pressure) are similar for adult sons and daughters regarding eating pathology. The present cross-sectional study examined family correlates on disordered
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The impact of the cost of living crisis and food insecurity on food purchasing behaviours and food preparation practices in people living with obesity Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Rebecca A. Stone, Adrian Brown, Flora Douglas, Mark A. Green, Emma Hunter, Marta Lonnie, Alexandra M. Johnstone, Charlotte A. Hardman
Lower income households are at greater risk of food insecurity and poor diet quality than higher income households. In high-income countries, food insecurity is associated with high levels of obesity, and in the UK specifically, the cost of living crisis (i.e., where the cost of everyday essentials has increased quicker than wages) is likely to have exacerbated existing dietary inequalities. There
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A psychobioecological model to understand the income-food insecurity-obesity relationship Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Leonard H. Epstein, Jennifer L. Temple, Myles S. Faith, David Hostler, Ashfique Rizwan
Food insecurity, defined by unpredictable access to food that may not meet a person's nutritional needs, is associated with higher BMI (kg/m) and obesity. People with food insecurity often have less access to food, miss meals and go hungry, which can lead to psychological and metabolic changes that favor energy conservation and weight gain. We describe a conceptual model that includes psychological
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Development and validation of the baby eating behaviour coding system (BEBECS) to assess eating behaviour during complementary feeding Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Iratxe Urkia-Susin, Jone Guenetxea-Gorostiza, Diego Rada-Fernandez de Jauregui, Leire Mazquiaran-Bergera, Olaia Martinez, Edurne Maiz
Eating behaviour in children is a matter of study for which diverse tools have been designed. Coding systems for videotaped meals allow the extraction of detailed information; however, there is no tool available for infants following a Baby-Led Weaning (BLW) method. This study aimed to create and validate a new tool to assess eating behaviour in infants during weaning, applicable regardless of the
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Weight stigma and mental health outcomes in early-adolescents. The mediating role of internalized weight bias and body esteem Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Alexandra Simona Zancu, Loredana R. Diaconu-Gherasim
Weight stigma is increasingly common in early adolescence and may lead to weight bias internalization, with negative consequences for mental health outcomes. This study aimed to: examine the relations of perceived weight stigma and internalized weight bias with early adolescents’ internalizing symptoms and disordered eating behavior; explore the mediating role of internalized weight bias on the relations
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Consumer's perception of food pairing products with usual, novel and unusual flavour combinations: A segmentation approach Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Kristin Jürkenbeck, Flora von Steimker, Achim Spiller
In saturated markets, companies are continually launching new products. Food innovations particularly play a decisive role in this case. One new concept is food pairing, which signifies that the more aromatic compounds two foods have in common, the better they taste together. Food pairing offers an opportunity to develop innovative foods. However, some consumers are risk-averse or exhibit food neophobia
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The role of the community café in addressing food security: Perceptions of managers and directors Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Andrew McNeely, Lori Borchers, Jacob Szeszulski, Heather A. Eicher-Miller, Rebecca A. Seguin-Fowler, Alexandra MacMillan Uribe
In the United States, the pay-what-you-can restaurant model (community cafes) is an increasingly popular approach to addressing food insecurity in local communities. We conducted semi-structured interviews (n = 13) with community café executive managers and directors to assess their perceptions of the role that their cafes play in addressing food security (FS). Analysis of interviews revealed two major
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Moral disengagement in the media discourses on meat and dairy production systems Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Charlotte Schüßler, Susanne Nicolai, Susanne Stoll-Kleemann, Bartosz Bartkowski
Meat and dairy production and consumption are the subject of ongoing public debates that touch on various sustainability issues such as biodiversity loss, climate change, animal welfare, and social and health aspects. Despite extensive discussions specifically relating to the environmental impacts of livestock farming in conjunction with animal welfare aspects, there have been no substantial changes
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Visceral sensitivity, hunger responsiveness, and satiety responsiveness: Associations between facets of gastrointestinal interoception and disordered eating profiles in an undergraduate sample Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Kendall Poovey, Diana Rancourt
This preregistered study examined associations between empirically derived profiles of disordered eating in a diverse nonclinical sample and three facets of gastrointestinal (GI) interoception (visceral sensitivity, hunger responsiveness, satiety responsiveness). University students ( = 591; 53.3% women; 23.0% Hispanic) completed the Visceral Sensitivity Index, Adult Eating Behavior Questionnaire,
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Food-related exploration across the menstrual cycle Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 A.C.S. Nijboer, M. Sellitto, M.F.L. Ruitenberg, K.I.L. Kerkkänen, J. Schomaker
When deciding what to eat we constantly weigh different aspects of the options at hand and make trade-offs between exploiting opportunities with a known outcome (e.g., eating your usual meal) and exploring novel opportunities with a potentially better outcome (e.g., trying a new dish). Environmental factors, such as scarcity, have previously been shown to tip the balance towards either exploration
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Associations between sleep and appetitive traits in higher-income preschoolers: A six-month study. Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Zhuoya Zhang, Delaina Carlson, Diane Gilbert-Diamond, Jennifer A. Emond
Short sleep is consistently linked with childhood obesity, possibly via disrupting appetite hormones and increasing food responsiveness. Few studies have objectively examined this association in early childhood. To evaluate associations of sleep quantity and quality with child appetitive traits and eating in the absence of hunger (EAH) in a higher-income cohort of 86 preschool-age children (age 4.0
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Four studies yield limited evidence for prepared (disgust) learning via evaluative conditioning Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Çağla Çınar, Paola Perone, Joshua M. Tybur
Prepared learning accounts suggest that specialized learning mechanisms increase the retention of associations linked to ancestrally-prevalent threats. Few studies have investigated specialized aversion learning for pathogen threats. In four pre-registered studies (s = 515, 495, 164, 175), we employed an evaluative conditioning procedure to test whether foods (versus non-foods) are more readily associated
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Anorexia of ageing is associated with elevated fasted and lower post-prandial ghrelin, independent of ghrelin O-acyltransferase Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Adrian Holliday, Jordan Warner, Carl J. Hulston, Bernard M. Corfe, Daniel R. Crabtree
The role of ghrelin metabolism in anorexia of ageing is unclear. The aim of this study was to determine acyl-ghrelin, total ghrelin, and ghrelin O-acyltransferase concentrations when fasted and in responses to feeding in older adults exhibiting anorexia of ageing. Twenty-five older adults (OA; 15f, 74 ± 7 years, 24.5 kg·m) and twelve younger adults (YA; 6f, 21 ± 2 years, 24.4 kg·m) provided a fasted
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Child eating behaviors are consistently linked to intake across meals that vary in portion size Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 A.L. Pearce, N.V. Neuwald, J.S. Evans, O. Romano, B.J. Rolls, K.L. Keller
Prior studies evaluating a single meal in children characterized an “obesogenic” style of eating marked by larger bites and faster eating. It is unclear if this style is consistent across portion sizes within children so we examined eating behaviors in 91 children (7–8 years, 45 F) without obesity (BMI<90th percentile). Children consumed 4 meals in the laboratory consisting of chicken nuggets, macaroni
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The impact of school-based cooking classes on vegetable intake, cooking skills and food literacy of children aged 4–12 years: A systematic review of the evidence 2001–2021 Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Karen L. Vaughan, Janet E. Cade, Marion M. Hetherington, James Webster, Charlotte E.L. Evans
Many children consume a poor quality diet with only a third of children aged 6–9 years eating vegetables daily. A high quality diet is important for good health in childhood; however, the prevalence of children living with obesity has doubled from 10% to 23% during primary school in the UK. Cooking lessons have the potential to improve diet quality and reduce obesity prevalence in childhood, both of
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Associations between parental engagement in disordered eating behaviors and use of specific food parenting practices within a racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse sample Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 K.A. Loth, E. Vomacka, V.M. Hazzard, A. Trofholz, J.M. Berge
Parents influence their children's eating behaviors through their use of food parenting practices, or goal-directed behaviors that guide both and they feed their child. Prior research suggests that parents who engage in disordered eating behaviors are more likely to use coercive food parenting practices, which are known to be associated with the development of maladaptive eating behaviors in young
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Autistic traits and ARFID-associated eating behaviors in preschoolers: Mediating effects of sensory processing patterns Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Shuhua Zhang, Rongqing Hu, Shuo Zhao
This study aimed to examine the association between autistic traits and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)-associated eating behaviors in preschool-age children and investigated whether this association was mediated by sensory processing patterns. A cross-sectional, parent-reported study was conducted between July 2022 and March 2023 among 503 preschoolers aged 4–6 years in China. Parents
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The role of decision-making and impulsivity in beverage consumption Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Max Kulbida, Eva Kemps, Paul Williamson, Marika Tiggemann
Soft drink and alcohol consumption have become significant public health issues. This study aimed to explore the mediating role of decision-making processes in the relationship between trait impulsivity and calorie dense beverage consumption. Participants comprised a community sample of 300 adults (aged 19–75). They completed self-report measures assessing impulsivity (SUPPS-P), reward sensitivity
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“A good way to start the day”: UK-based parents’ views about offering vegetables to children for breakfast Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Chris J. McLeod, Emma Haycraft
Children in the UK do not eat enough vegetables for optimal health and development; therefore, considering methods to increase children's vegetable intake is critical. Currently, if UK children are offered vegetables to eat, this typically occurs at midday/evening meals, and/or for snacks – children are seldom offered vegetables at breakfast time, even though there is no medical, nutritional, or physiological
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Similarities and differences between vegetarians and vegans in motives for meat-free and plant-based diets Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Kristof Dhont, Maria Ioannidou
Plant-based diets are quickly gaining popularity for their benefits to animal welfare, the environment, and public health. Compared to meat-eaters, meat-abstainers such as vegetarians and vegans are especially motivated by animal rights and the environment. However, little is known about the motivational and psychological factors that distinguish vegetarians from vegans, and what prevents vegetarians
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The effectiveness of Go/No-Go and Stop-Signal training in reducing food consumption and choice: A systematic review and meta-analysis Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Joshua McGreen, Eva Kemps, Marika Tiggemann
The Go/No-Go and Stop-Signal tasks have been used to reduce excess food intake via repeated pairing of food cues with response inhibition. A meta analysis of 32 studies was conducted to determine whether, and under which conditions, the Go/No-Go and Stop-Signal training tasks are effective in reducing food consumption or choice. Moderators included task parameters (e.g., number of sessions, stop signal)
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Understanding consumer attitude toward the name framings of cultured meat: Evidence from China Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Haoran Li, Ellen J. Van Loo, Junfei Bai, Hans C.M. van Trijp
The naming and labeling of products can affect consumer attitudes and subsequent behavior, particularly in the case of new food products in the market. The present study explores the effects of name framing on consumer attitudes towards cultured meat (CM), which is currently in the early stages of development. With a sample of 1532 Chinese consumers, we integrated several pathways to explain the name-framing
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Does vaping affect the taste and smell perception? An exploratory study with New Zealand young adults Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Jessica C. McCormack, Elizabeth Agbor Epse Muluh, Yunfan Mo, Stephanie C. McLeod, Samantha Turner, Dhirendra S. Ghelot, Hannah Browne, Chris Bullen, Mei Peng
The study aimed to assess potential effects of vaping on individual taste and smell perception in a sample of young adult New Zealanders. This cross-sectional study measured taste and smell perception using intensity and hedonic ratings to two olfactory (i.e., vanillin, methional) and two gustatory stimuli (i.e., sucrose, monosodium glutamate), representing sweet and savoury flavours. Detection sensitivities
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Associations between everyday exposure to food marketing and hunger and food craving in adults: An ecological momentary assessment study Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Emma Boyland, Panagiotis Spanakis, Connor O'Reilly, Paul Christiansen
Food marketing in television and digital media negatively affects appetitive sensations and eating behaviour in children, but effects are less well understood for outdoor food advertising and adults. This research used Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) to explore associations between exposures to food advertising in various contexts (television, digital, outdoors) and adults’ hunger and craving
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Social desirability bias is related to children's energy intake in a laboratory test meal paradigm Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Nichole R. Kelly, Kelly Jean Doty, Claire Guidinger, Austin Folger, Gabriella M. Luther, Nicole R. Giuliani
Dietary intake is notoriously difficult to measure in children. Laboratory test meals address some of the methodological concerns of self-report methods, but may also be susceptible to social desirability bias, referring to the tendency for individuals to adjust their behaviors in order to be perceived more positively. The aim of the current study was to evaluate whether social desirability bias was
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Heritability of adult picky eating in the Netherlands Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Emma A. Koenders, Laura W. Wesseldijk, Dorret I. Boomsma, Junilla K. Larsen, Jacqueline M. Vink
Adult picky eating (APE), the rejection of familiar and unfamiliar foods leading to a diet with limited variety, is an understudied phenomenon which can have both physical and psychological negative consequences. The aetiology of individual differences in APE is understudied, although there is reason to believe that it is partly heritable. Therefore, we aimed to estimate the heritability of APE with
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How perceptions of meat consumption norms differ across contexts and meat consumer groups Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Sofia Wolfswinkel, Sanne Raghoebar, Hans Dagevos, Emely de Vet, Maartje P. Poelman
Social norm perceptions are implicit standards describing what is typically done or seen as acceptable and have shown to be important both in sustaining meat consumption as well as facilitating meat reduction. Norm perceptions depend on individual differences and the contexts (e.g., supermarket, restaurant). Yet, evidence how norm perceptions differ within and across individuals is scarce. The primary
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Consumer brand and category switching behaviors after food safety incidents: Factors and mechanisms Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Li Bai, Shiyu Li, Manli Zheng, Zhezhe Zhang, Shunlong Gong
The excessive mold found in Three Squirrels' nuts and the clenbuterol abuse of Shuanghui are two infamous food safety incidents in China. We adopted push-pull-mooring theory to conduct a model and examined the factors influencing consumer short-term or long-term brand-switching or category-switching behaviors following the two food safety incidents. We employed multinomial logistic regression and structural
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Mindful eating questionnaire: Validation and reliability in Brazilian adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Danielle Aparecida Caetano Rodrigues, Aline Marcadenti, Rachel H.V. Machado, Angela C. Bersch-Ferreira, Edilaine C.S. Gherardi-Donato, Driele Quinhoneiro, Jussara Carnevale de Almeida, Viviane Sahade Souza, Simone Raimondi de Souza, Fernanda Michielin Busnello, Daniela Corrêa Ferreira, Josefina Bressan, Mariah Oliveira Abreu de Figueiredo, Nídia Marinho Reis, Marcella Lobato Dias Consoli, Lívia Garcia
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‘I thought we would be nourished here’: The complexity of nutrition/food and its relationship to mental health among Arab immigrants/refugees in Canada: The CAN-HEAL study Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Sarah Elshahat, Tina Moffat, Basit Kareem Iqbal, K. Bruce Newbold, Olivia Gagnon, Haneen Alkhawaldeh, Mahira Morshed, Keon Madani, Mafaz Gehani, Tony Zhu, Lucy Garabedian, Yasmine Belahlou, Sarah A.H. Curtay, Irene Hui-Chen Zhu, Charlotte Chan, Deniz Duzenli, Nathasha Rajapaksege, Bisma Shafiq, Amna Zaidi
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Harsh, unpredictable childhood environments are associated with inferior frontal gyrus connectivity and binge eating tendencies in late adolescents Appetite (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Yijun Luo, Minyue Xiao, Ximei Chen, Weiyu Zeng, Hong Chen
Harsh, unpredictable childhood environments (HUCE) are associated with obesity older in life, but knowledge of how HUCE affect binge eating tendencies is lacking. Five hundred and one late adolescents aged 16–22 were recruited to finish resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging scan, behavioral measures including retrospective recall of childhood environmental harshness and unpredictability