High satiety expectations of a first course promote selection of less energy in a main course picture task

Multi-component food-items and eating behaviour: What do we know and what do we need to know?

“…Two studies have used food photography with test foods that could be considered as multi-component foods (Wilkinson, 2013;Bulsing, Gutjar, Zijlstra and Zandstra 2015). Firstly, pilot work (N = 30) assessed the portion-size selection of cakes that differed in terms of number of components (low and high) and taste intensity (low and high), but were matched for energy density and pleasantness (Wilkinson, 2013).…”

“…In another study, Bulsing, Gutjar, Zijlstra and Zandstra (2015) produced two food photographs of a 'starter' course with a low and high number of components in single portion sizes. Participants were asked to estimate their ideal portion sizes of a main course that they would consume after each starter.…”