Calorie Compensation Patterns Observed in App-Based Food Diaries.

ABSTRACT: Self-regulation of food intake is necessary for maintaining a healthy body weight. One of the characteristics of self-regulation is calorie compensation. Calorie compensation refers to adjusting the current meal's energy content based on the energy content of the previous meal(s). Preload test studies measure a single instance of compensation in a controlled setting. The measurement of calorie compensation in free-living conditions has largely remained unexplored. This paper proposes a methodology that leverages extensive app-based observational food diary data to measure an individual's calorie compensation profile in free-living conditions. Instead of a single compensation index followed in preload-test studies, we present the compensation profile as a distribution of days a user exhibit

SUBMITTER: Pai A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10536014 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature