Exposure to television food advertising primes food-related cognitions and triggers motivation to eat

Psychology and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1192-1205

  Kemps, Eva ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^a   Hollitt, Sarah ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

food cognitions; motivation to eat; obesity; priming; television food advertising; word stem completion task

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD COGNITIONS; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; MOTIVATION TO EAT; OBESITY; PRIMING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; TELEVISION; TELEVISION FOOD ADVERTISING; WORD STEM COMPLETION TASK; YOUNG ADULT;

FOOD COGNITIONS; MOTIVATION TO EAT; OBESITY; PRIMING; TELEVISION FOOD ADVERTISING; WORD STEM COMPLETION TASK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; COGNITION; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; TELEVISION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904406644     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2014.918267     Document Type: Article

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