Pleasure and the Control of Food Intake: An Embodied Cognition Approach to Consumer Self‐Regulation

Petit, Olivia; Basso, Frédéric; Merunka, Dwight; Spence, Charles; Cheok, Adrian David; Oullier, Olivier

doi:10.1002/mar.20903

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“…Focusing their intention on the multisensory experiences (e.g., on the smell, taste, and mouthfeel of the food) while eating would inform the consumer's brain of the likely inflow of nutrients, thus reducing both their food insecurity and their consumption (de Graaf 2012; Ramaekers et al 2014). By contrast, when consumers are more focused on health goals than on their physical sensations, they would be likely to underestimate the caloric content (Petit et al 2016a). For instance, they are more sensitive to the health halo of fast-food restaurant health claims, leading to overconsumption to compensate for the underestimated nutritional intake (Chandon & Wansink 2007;Chernev & Gal 2010).…”

Section: Randolph M Nessementioning

confidence: 99%

Food insecurity as a driver of obesity in humans: The insurance hypothesis

Nettle¹,

Andrews²,

Bateson³

2016

Behav Brain Sci

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Short abstract-Common sense says that obesity is the consequence of too much food. Adaptive reasoning says something rather different: individuals should store fat when access to food is insecure, to buffer themselves against future shortfall. Applied to humans, this principle suggests that food insecurity should be a risk factor for overweight and obesity. We provide a meta-analysis of the extensive epidemiological literature, finding that food insecurity robustly predicts high body weight, but only amongst women in high-income countries. We discuss the relevance of food insecurity to understanding the global obesity problem.Long abstract-Integrative explanations of why obesity is more prevalent in some sectors of the human population than others are lacking. Here, we outline and evaluate one candidate explanation, the insurance hypothesis (IH). The IH is rooted in adaptive evolutionary thinking: the function of storing fat is to provide a buffer against shortfall in the food supply. Thus, individuals should store more fat when they receive cues that access to food is uncertain. Applied to humans, this implies that an important proximate driver of obesity should be food insecurity rather than food abundance per se. We integrate several distinct lines of theory and evidence that bear on this hypothesis. We present a theoretical model that shows it is optimal to store more fat when food access is uncertain, and we review the experimental literature from non-human animals showing that fat reserves increase when access to food is restricted. We provide a meta-analysis of 125 epidemiological studies of the association between perceived food insecurity and high body weight in humans. There is a robust positive association, but it is restricted to adult women in high-income countries. We explore why this could be in light of the IH and our theoretical model. We conclude that whilst the IH alone cannot explain the distribution of obesity in the human population, it may represent a very important component of a pluralistic explanation. We also discuss insights it may offer into the developmental origins of obesity, dieting-induced weight gain, and Anorexia Nervosa.

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Section: Randolph M Nessementioning

confidence: 99%

Food insecurity as a driver of obesity in humans: The insurance hypothesis

Nettle¹,

Andrews²,

Bateson³

2016

Behav Brain Sci

225

277

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“…Drawing on the work of Baumeister () and MacInnis and Patrick (), self‐control is defined as the process of controlling behavior to achieve a set of self‐correcting actions to attain a personally desirable goal. Thus, self‐control is a narrower but related concept to that of self‐regulation as employed by Petit et al (). In the context of a healthy eating habit, it relates to the ability to override contextual cues to particular undesired patterns of food consumption and replace them with healthier behaviors to attain their healthy eating goal.…”

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Healthy eating habit: A role for goals, identity, and self-control?

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Supporting healthier eating habits is crucial for improving population health outcomes. Underpinning everyday eating patterns are recurring actions that may lead to positive or negative health outcomes depending on the healthfulness of such actions. The aim of this research was to explore individual-level determinants of a healthy eating habit and consider to what extent personal goals and self-control are linked to a healthy eating habit. One thousand one hundred nine adults completed a survey focusing on a range of factors that potentially sway food choice behaviors. A structural model, developed based on a review of existing literature, was tested using self-reported healthy eating habit (Verplanken & Orbell, 2003 ) as the dependent variable. Analysis suggests that along with health-conscious identity and food hedonism, self-control was one of the strongest determinants of a healthy eating habit. Furthermore, while healthy eating goals had a direct significant effect, other goals, economizing and emotional, did not. However, all three goals along with food hedonism had a significant indirect effect that was mediated through self-control. In revealing the role of self-control, this work questions the underlying assumption of automaticity in a healthy eating habit. This leads to the questions: what is a healthy eating habit and to what extent can healthy eating behaviors ever be truly characterized as controlled by heuristics and automaticity? This analysis suggests that healthy eating is an ongoing behavioral project that requires the continued engagement of deliberative processes; thus habit within this context, and as measured using self-reported habit, may be a misnomer. The use of healthy eating routines, as opposed to habits, may be more appropriate to acknowledge the role of both automatic and deliberative processes with self-control being central in everyday decision making. Important practical and theoretical implications are discussed along with potential approaches for health and food sectors to support healthier eating behavior in the future. K E Y W O R D Sautomaticity, goals, habit, healthy eating, identity, self-control Psychol Mark. 2017;34:772-785.

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“…Uma visão alternativa caracteriza o prazer alimentar como um caminho para o bem-estar (Batat et al, 2012;Block et al, 2011). Esse posicionamento afirma que há benefícios em ter uma maior autoconsciência dos estados sensoriais e corporais prazerosos durante experiências alimentares, em vez de se concentrar externamente em evitar tentações percebidas (Petit et al, 2016).…”

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A prática de dietas para emagrecimento pelo público feminino: um estudo à luz do bem-estar alimentar

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Pleasure and the Control of Food Intake: An Embodied Cognition Approach to Consumer Self‐Regulation

Cited by 67 publications

References 92 publications

Food insecurity as a driver of obesity in humans: The insurance hypothesis

Food insecurity as a driver of obesity in humans: The insurance hypothesis

Healthy eating habit: A role for goals, identity, and self-control?

A prática de dietas para emagrecimento pelo público feminino: um estudo à luz do bem-estar alimentar

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