How communications that portray unhealthy food consumption reduce food intake among dieters

While Zijlstra et al. (2009) has observed the impact of food viscosity on food consumption, the team wants to test whether bite size and oral processing time (OPT) also affect people’s intake when food is readily available for eating. There were 7 test conditions in total, including small (about 5g) or large (~15g) bite sizes. […]

Since food texture is critical in the acceptance of the food by young children, this 2021 study released an online survey for mothers of 4- to 36-month-old children to report on their children’s liking for the 188 food-texture combinations listed [purees (T1), soft small pieces (T2), hard/large pieces, and double textures (T3)]. A total of […]