Eating less from bigger packs: Preventing the pack size effect with diet primes

Appetite

Volumn 100, Issue , 2016, Pages 70-79

  Versluis, Iris ^a   Papies, Esther K ^b,c  

^a Erasmus University Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumption quantity decisions; Dietary restraint; Dieting goal; Goal priming; Pack size effect; Portion size effect

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EATING; EFFECT SIZE; FAST FOOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ADVERTISING; CALORIC INTAKE; CANDY; CHOCOLATE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTHY DIET; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; OVERWEIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PORTION SIZE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; CANDY; CHOCOLATE; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; GOALS; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PORTION SIZE; SNACKS;

EID: 84958964241     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.02.011     Document Type: Article

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