The effects of experimentally manipulated social status on acute eating behavior: A randomized, crossover pilot study.

ABSTRACT: Both subjective and objectively measured social status has been associated with multiple health outcomes, including weight status, but the mechanism for this relationship remains unclear. Experimental studies may help identify the causal mechanisms underlying low social standing as a pathway for obesity. Our objective was to investigate the effects of experimentally manipulated social status on ad libitum acute dietary intakes and stress-related outcomes as potential mechanisms relating social status and weight. This was a pilot feasibility, randomized, crossover study in Hispanic young adults (n=9; age 19-25; 67% female; BMI ≥18.5 and ≤30kg/m(2)). At visit 1, participants consumed a standardized breakfast and were randomized to a high social status position (HIGH) or low social status pos

SUBMITTER: Cardel MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4899290 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature