Children eat their school lunch too quickly: an exploratory study of the effect on food intake.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Speed of eating, an important aspect of eating behaviour, has recently been related to loss of control of food intake and obesity. Very little time is allocated for lunch at school and thus children may consume food more quickly and food intake may therefore be affected. Study 1 measured the time spent eating lunch in a large group of students eating together for school meals. Study 2 measured the speed of eating and the amount of food eaten in individual school children during normal school lunches and then examined the effect of experimentally increasing or decreasing the speed of eating on total food intake.

Methods

The time spent eating lunch was measured with a stop watch in 100 children in secondary school. A more detailed study of eating behaviour was then

SUBMITTER: Zandian M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3490778 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature