The effect of portion size and unit size on food intake: Unit bias or segmentation effect?

Health Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 670-676

  Kerameas, Katerina ^a   Vartanian, Lenny R ^a   Herman, C Peter ^b   Polivy, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food intake; Portion size; Segmentation effect; Unit bias; Unit size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BIAS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PRESENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNGER; PORTION SIZE; SEGMENTATION EFFECT; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIT BIAS; UNIT SIZE; ADOLESCENT; CALORIC INTAKE; EATING; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PORTION SIZE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925805624     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000160     Document Type: Article

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