Individual differences in the influence of taste and health impact successful dietary self-control: A mouse tracking food choice study in children.

ABSTRACT: In order to improve dietary quality among children, there is a need to understand how they make decisions about what foods to eat. This study used a mouse tracking food choice task to better understand how attributes such as health and taste contribute to food decisions among 70 children aged 7-to-11 years old. Children rated health, taste, and desire to eat for 76 common foods that varied in energy density and then used a computer mouse to select which of two presented foods they would like to eat. The presented food pairs were based on children's own ratings of taste and health so that some trials required self-control to choose the healthier option (i.e., healthy/not tasty paired with unhealthy/tasty). Children's body mass index (BMI) percentile was not associated with number of healthy

SUBMITTER: Pearce AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7408374 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature