Harnessing the power of disgust: a randomized trial to reduce high-calorie food appeal through implicit priming.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In our increasingly obesogenic environment, in which high-calorie convenience foods are readily available, food choices can drastically affect weight and overall health. Learned food preferences, which are developed through repeated pairings with positively and negatively valenced stimuli, can contribute to obesity susceptibility if positive attitudes toward high-calorie foods are developed. Thus, the modification of automatic associations with food may be a viable strategy to promote healthier eating behaviors.

Objective

In this study, we investigated the ability of an implicit priming (IP) intervention to alter responses to visual food cues by using an evaluative conditioning approach. The main objective was to implicitly (i.e., below conscious perception) assoc

SUBMITTER: Legget KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4515863 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature