Increasing vegetable intake by emphasizing tasty and enjoyable attributes: A randomized controlled multisite intervention for taste-focused labeling

Ziaduddeen et al. (2012) claim that although hunger may be reduced by the sensory-specific satiety (SSS) phenomenon (which describes the decline in satisfaction gained of the food being eaten relative to another type of food that has not been consumed), certain foods such as desserts remain attractive and encourage energy intake. Since it is important […]

This 2016 article explores the impact of the increasing exposure in society to images of desirable foods (what is often labelled ‘food porn’, or ‘gastroporn’) via digital interfaces might have, and whether it may inadvertently be exacerbating our desire for food (what we call ‘visual hunger’). Here Spence et. al (2016) review the evidence for […]