Choices between money and hyper-palatable food: Choice impulsivity and eating behavior.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Choice impulsivity may influence eating behavior. The study tested whether choice impulsivity, termed delay discounting, may be related to food generally, or may be specific to hyper-palatable foods (HPF). The study also determined whether a discounting task with choices between money and food may have utility in predicting obesity-related outcomes.

Method

Participants (N = 284) completed a task that assessed choices between smaller reward available immediately and larger reward available later. Single commodity conditions presented choices between amounts of HPF, non-HPF, or money (e.g., HPF now vs. HPF later). Cross-commodity conditions presented choices between money and food commodities (e.g., money now vs. HPF later; money now vs. non-HPF later).

Res

SUBMITTER: Fazzino TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10231648 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature