Contextual and Individual Variables as Predictors of Energy-Dense Meals in Food Choices.

ABSTRACT: Diets based on meals that provide a large amount of energy and consumed frequently often increase the rate of growth of the body mass index (overweight or obesity) and, in turn, the risk of suffering from non-communicable diseases. In order to make a food choice, it is necessary to search for foods in the environment, taking into account physical and social variables (contextual variables) which, together with individual variables, delimit the situation of food selection. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of social facilitation, portion size, salience of food, and food preference or rejection on the selection of energy-dense foods by young college students. To do so, we performed a factorial experiment in which unaccompanied and accompanied participants (levels of soci

SUBMITTER: Borbon-Mendivil D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9298269 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature