Foods are differentially associated with subjective effect report questions of abuse liability.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The current study investigates which foods may be most implicated in addictive-like eating by examining how nutritionally diverse foods relate to loss of control consumption and various subjective effect reports. Subjective effect reports assess the abuse liabilities of substances and may similarly provide insight into which foods may be reinforcing in a manner that triggers an addictive-like response for some individuals.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

Online community.

Participants

507 participants (n = 501 used in analyses) recruited through Amazon MTurk.

Measurements

Participants (n = 501) self-reported how likely they were to experience a loss of control over their consumption of 30 nutritionally diverse foods and rated each food on five

SUBMITTER: Schulte EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5578654 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature