No effect of focused attention whilst eating on later snack food intake: Two laboratory experiments
Victoria Whitelock; Suzanne Higgs; Jeffrey M. Brunstrom; Jason C. G. Halford; Eric Robinson · 2018 · Appetite
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Abstract
Focusing attention on food during a meal has been shown to reduce later snack consumption. We report the results of two studies that aimed to replicate this effect and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms. We hypothesised that focused attention during a lunchtime meal would improve visual memory and/or memory for the satiating effects of the meal, and that this would reduce later food intake. In Study 1, participants (N = 108, 52.8% female, BMI M = 25.75 kg/m2) were randomly allocated to eat a fixed lunchtime meal while listening to instructions that encouraged them to pay attention to the s
Abstract by Victoria Whitelock; Suzanne Higgs; Jeffrey M. Brunstrom; Jason C. G. Halford; Eric Robinson, Appetite (2018) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1016/j.appet.2018.06.002