Non-food rewards and highly processed food intake in everyday life.

ABSTRACT: Reducing intake of highly processed, energy-dense food may prevent chronic disease. One proposed intervention strategy for reducing intake of these foods is to increase non-food reward experiences (e.g., music, socializing, art) in their place. However, research supporting this strategy has yet to establish temporal order between non-food reward experiences and highly processed food intake, and has yet to test mediators. The current study sought to build upon this literature with an ambulatory electronic diary study wherein the time-specific associations between non-food reward experiences and highly processed food intake were observed. A sample of 84 young adults reported on multiple types of non-food reward experiences and highly processed food intake hourly for two weekdays and two week

SUBMITTER: Cummings JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6717547 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature