Promoting healthy eating in adults: An evaluation of pleasure-oriented versus health-oriented messages

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 […]

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. […]