Effects of models on food intake of obese and non-obese female college students.

Luca, Rayleen V. De; Spigelman, Manly N.

doi:10.1037/h0081579

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“…The groups of peers were composed of both normal-weight and overweight participants. Had the groups been composed of homogeneous weight categories, the pattern of results may have differed (see also [24]). The fact that all groups were heterogeneous makes impossible to determine whether the presence of others per se, the weight status of the peers, or the food consumption of the partners accounted for children's food consumption.…”

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Effects of social contexts on overweight and normal-weight children's food intake

Salvy

Coelho

Kieffer

et al. 2007

Physiology & Behavior

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This study investigates the effects of peer influence on the food intake of overweight and normalweight children. A mixed factorial design was employed, with children's weight status (overweight vs. normal-weight) as a between-subjects factor, and social context (alone vs. group) as a withinsubjects factor. A total of 32 children (n=17 overweight and n=15 normal-weight) between the ages of 6-10 years participated in this study. Findings from the random regression model indicated that overweight children ate more when alone than when in the presence of other youth, while in contrast normal-weight ate slightly more with others than they did when alone. Therefore, social context differentially impacts the eating behavior of overweight and normal-weight children. This study underscores differences in responses to the social environment between overweight and nonoverweight youths, and suggests that social involvement may be an important tool in treatment and prevention programs for overweight and obesity.

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“…In fact, de Luca and Spigelman [24] found that obese college students ate close to nothing in the presence of a lean confederate, but consumed a large amount in company of an obese experimental confederate. Normal-weight participants' intake was unaffected by the confederate's weight.…”

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Effects of social contexts on overweight and normal-weight children's food intake

Salvy

Coelho

Kieffer

et al. 2007

Physiology & Behavior

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“…Generally, the presence of a noneating observer leads to suppression of food intake (Herman, Polivy, & Roth, 2003). Studies on impression management with eating companions also show that unfamiliarity (Tice, Butler, Muraven, & Stillwell, 1995), opposite gender, attractiveness (Mori, Chaiken, & Pliner, 1987), and the weight of the co-actors (de Luca & Spigelman, 1979) increase the suppression of food intake even further, because these factors increase impression motivation (Leary & Kowalski, 1990), that is, the desire to present the self favorably.…”

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Does Service Employees’ Appearance Affect the Healthiness of Food Choice?

Huneke¹,

Benoit

Shams

et al. 2014

Psychology and Marketing

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Derived from previous research on social influence on food consumption and social comparison theory, this article examines the effect of service employees' appearance on consumers' food choice using an experimental study, involving a video manipulation and eye-tracking technique. The video shows a menu being proffered by a waitress whose degree of apparent healthiness varies (healthy, overweight, unhealthy lifestyle). The menu contains both healthy and unhealthy meal alternatives. The analysis of participants' eye movements demonstrated that exposure to the overweight employee did not stimulate greater (i.e., earlier or longer) attention to unhealthy meal alternatives, whereas exposure to the employee who displayed an unhealthy lifestyle did. These findings have social and managerial implications: The postulated stigma according to which the presence of overweight others encourages unhealthy eating appears questionable. Service providers that might secretly hire according to body weight have no grounds to do so. In contrast, employees signaling an unhealthy lifestyle through their style choices prompt patrons to pay more attention to unhealthy meal alternatives. Food service providers might want to take this factor into consideration and actively manage the aspects that can be altered by simple measures.

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“…Most studies have found that people reduce their food intake if they are trying to impress the other person, or, if the other person consumes a relatively large or small portion size, they ensure the amount of food they consume corresponds with the quantity that is consumed by their company (Conger et al, 1980;de Luca & Spigelman, 1979;Goldman et al, 1991;Polivy et al, 1979;Roth et al, 2001). Herman et al, (2003) suggested that obese people in particular are more vulnerable to the effects of impression management, due to the stigma associated with overeating and obesity, and also to deflect the assumption by others that their obesity is attributable to excessive eating.…”

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Understanding obesity: Psychological cues and antecedents of eating behaviour

Cranston¹

2007

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Obesity has been described by the World Health Organisation as a global epidemic, and is perceived as a major health concern due to the associated medical, psychosocial, and economic problems. One approach of understanding obesity is directed towards exploring the psychological and social determinants underlying nonhungry eating (NHE) (eating without physical sensations associated with hunger) and overeating (eating past the physiological sensations of fullness). The immediate psychosocial cues that trigger NHE and overeating, along with the psychosocial antecedents that influence NHE and overeating have been found to be important contributors to obesity.This research incorporated two studies. Study 1 involved self-report questionnaires comparing the antecedents and cues that influence NHE and overeating among men and women who were obese, overweight, and of a healthy weight (HWR). Study 2 adopted a case study approach to explore individual antecedents and triggers of NHE and overeating among three obese participants.Findings indicated that HWR, overweight, and obese people differed in the antecedents and cues that influenced their eating behaviours, which were particularly borne out in quantitative data. In addition, females and males differed in their reported antecedents and cues. For example, across all three weight groups, more females than males were restricting their food intake in attempt to lose weight, which can result in future NHE and overeating. In addition, overweight females reported the highest levels of non-hungry eating, emotional eating and external eating, compared to all other groups. Males of a healthy weight reported the lowest amounts of both NHE and restrained eating of the six groups (crossing 2 x gender and 3 x weight groups).Interestingly, eating in response to external cues was least common in overweight ii males. Compared to the other weight groups, more overweight participants reported they ate quickly and at predetermined times, and that food had been used as a reward or to soothe pain throughout childhood. Overweight participants ate more frequently in response to positive emotions and experienced more negative emotions after overeating than healthy weight or obese participants.Although distinct patterns of eating behaviour were observed for males and females within the separate weight categories, variability was also evident within the groups, suggesting that despite having similar body mass indexes, antecedents and cues that maintain individuals' weights vary.Results of the qualitative study also highlight the diverse cues and antecedents that can contribute to an individual becoming and maintaining an obese weight. What is clear from both studies is that no one eating pattern typifies a particular weight group, in the case of healthy, overweight, or obese individuals. In addition, people who are overweight need to become a priority for obesity research, in order to increase the understanding of the psychology of why and how people transgress from an overweight to an ob...

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Effects of models on food intake of obese and non-obese female college students.

Cited by 42 publications

References 9 publications

Effects of social contexts on overweight and normal-weight children's food intake

Effects of social contexts on overweight and normal-weight children's food intake

Does Service Employees’ Appearance Affect the Healthiness of Food Choice?

Understanding obesity: Psychological cues and antecedents of eating behaviour

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