Mere exposure to palatable food cues reduces restrained eaters' physical effort to obtain healthy food

Appetite

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 593-596

  Van Koningsbruggen, Guido M ^a   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^a,b   Aarts, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dieting; Effort; Food pre exposure; Restrained eating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNGER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PALATABILITY; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DIET; DIET, REDUCING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTIVATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84856246104     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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