The value of facial attractiveness for encouraging fruit and vegetable consumption: analyses from a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An effect of increased fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption on facial attractiveness has been proposed and recommended as a strategy to promote FV intakes, but no studies to date demonstrate a causal link between FV consumption and perceived attractiveness. This study investigated perceptions of attractiveness before and after the supervised consumption of 2, 5 or 8 FV portions/day for 4 weeks in 30 low FV consumers. Potential mechanisms for change via skin colour and perceived skin healthiness were also investigated.

Methods

Faces were photographed at the start and end of the 4 week intervention in controlled conditions. Seventy-three independent individuals subsequently rated all 60 photographs in a randomized order, for facial attractiveness, facial skin yellow

SUBMITTER: Appleton KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5831823 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature