Article
Psychology, Biological
Tom R. Kupfer, Roger Giner-Sorolla
Summary: The reluctance of people to come into contact with morally disgusting objects is more likely due to concerns about self-presentation rather than physical contamination. The association with immoral stimuli risks reputation damage, leading individuals to prefer hiding rather than displaying such items.
EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Educational
Jasmine M. DeJesus, Shruthi Venkatesh, Katherine D. Kinzler
Summary: The study found that 3- to 6-year-old children in the United States can use information about social interactions to predict disease transmission, with older children performing better than younger ones, but no correlation between task performance and pandemic experience; children did not predict that being hungry or tired would spread through close interactions.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Sevgi Bektas, Johanna Louise Keeler, Lisa M. Anderson, Hiba Mutwalli, Hubertus Himmerich, Janet Treasure
Summary: This article conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of disgust and self-disgust in people with eating disorders, finding that these emotions have potential clinical relevance in the treatment of eating disorders.
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Alexandra Costa, Andreia Oliveira
Summary: Multiple studies have shown a connection between eating behaviors and weight status as well as obesity risk in children. These eating behaviors are influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. Parents have a crucial role in shaping children's food environment and experiences. This paper aims to review the literature on how parental influences affect eating behaviors in childhood, particularly focusing on parental feeding practices. The relationship between parental feeding practices and children's eating behaviors has been extensively studied, but most findings come from cross-sectional studies, which means the possibility of reverse causality cannot be ruled out.
Article
Psychology, Biological
Moritz Herle, Mohamed Abdulkadir, Christopher Hubel, Diana Santos Ferreira, Rachel Bryant-Waugh, Ruth Loos, Cynthia M. Bulik, Bianca De Stavola, Nadia Micali
Summary: The study found that polygenic scores for body mass index were associated with increased risk of overeating in early and mid-childhood, while being associated with decreased risk of persistent undereating and fussy eating. However, there was no significant association between polygenic scores for anorexia nervosa and eating behavior trajectories.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Tiffany A. Brown, Jessie E. Menzel, Erin E. Reilly, Tana Luo, Hana Zickgraf
Summary: This study examines the impact of disgust propensity and sensitivity on selective eating and finds that disgust propensity is related to impaired selective eating, while disgust sensitivity is associated with selective eating and related phenotypes. The results also suggest that the relationship between selective eating and disgust is more food-specific.
Article
Nursing
IIlknur Ozkan, Secil Taylan, Derya Adibelli, Feride Taskin Yilmaz
Summary: This study aimed to explore the disgust sensitivity of nursing students, the factors affecting this sensitivity, their caring behaviors, and the relationships between these components. The findings showed that higher disgust sensitivity among students was associated with fewer caring behaviors, suggesting a negative impact of disgust sensitivity on nursing students' caring behaviors.
NURSE EDUCATION IN PRACTICE
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Mujgan Inozu, Ilgun Bilekli Bilger, Ezgi Trak
Summary: This study aims to explore the relationships among disgust propensity, disgust sensitivity, contamination-related thought-action fusion, mental contamination, and washing urges, and found that the association is mediated by mental contamination and negative emotions.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Lauren Mancusi, Dean McKay
Summary: Research supports the role of disgust in contamination OCD, but there is also overlap with fear in motivating avoidance. The "heebie-jeebies" emotion is associated with fear and disgust, aligning with characteristics of contamination OCD. Participants with higher disgust and anxiety were more likely to refuse to complete tasks, indicating a significant interaction effect.
JOURNAL OF ANXIETY DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Social
Mitch Brown, Samuel E. Snowden, Andrew C. Gallup
Summary: The study identified how individual differences in disease avoidance motivations could foster stigmatization of yawning. Individual differences in germ aversion and pathogen disgust were particularly associated with stigmatization of yawning, such that higher levels of these traits fostered greater aversion toward yawning.
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Laura Chapman, Sam Cartwright-Hatton, Abigail Thomson, Kathryn J. Lester
Summary: Parents with eating disorders may experience higher levels of parenting stress and may exhibit more intrusive, less sensitive behavior towards their children in non-feeding interactions. They also tend to show increased concern about their children's weight and mealtime interactions with their children may be characterized by high levels of conflict.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW
(2021)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Alan Russell, Elena Jansen, Alissa J. Burnett, Jookyeong Lee, Catherine G. Russell
Summary: Research on children's eating behaviors and related constructs is important for understanding their dietary intakes and healthy eating behaviors. However, there is limited clarity and theoretical foundations in defining and measuring these behaviors and constructs, leading to uncertainty in interpreting research findings. More attention should be directed towards the conceptual and theoretical foundations of children's eating behaviors and related constructs.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Diego V. Bohorquez
Summary: Eating is one of the most pleasurable but dangerous activities in daily life, as we must trust our gut once food is swallowed. Recent studies have shown the gut's connection to behaviors beyond food, such as bacteria manipulating animal eating habits, sugar preferences in mice being controlled by brain stem neurons receiving signals from the gut, and lack of sleep causing oxidative stress in the gut leading to death.
NATURE REVIEWS GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Vanessa LoBue, Elizabeth Bonawitz, Lauren Leotti, Nina Fefferman
Summary: Children's understanding of contagion has been studied extensively, but little is known about how this understanding affects their behavior. This is important because behavior plays a crucial role in whether children get sick and spread illness. This study aims to explore different theories on how children acquire adaptive health behaviors and develop interventions to teach children about contagion and illness prevention effectively.
CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Ana Aznar, Harriet R. Tenenbaum, Pascale Sophie Russell
Summary: This study explored the discussions about disgust between mothers and children. The findings revealed that mother-child dyads were less accurate in recognizing expressions of disgust compared to expressions of happiness. Dyads associated moral transgressions with anger and pathogen transgressions with disgust. Additionally, both mothers and children rated pathogen transgressions as more disgusting than moral transgressions.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Hugues Piloquet, Benoit Berge, Pascal Maigret, Veronique Hospital
Summary: This study aimed to explore the effects of environmental factors on eating behavior and food intake in toddlers. The results showed that food fussiness was more common in older children, children conceived with medical assistance, children exposed to distractions during meals, rewarded by parents to finish meals, free to eat at will, and those who ate only occasionally with the whole family. Unsatisfactory dietary diversification was not significantly associated with any variable.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Victoria Norton, Julie A. Lovegrove, Marcus Tindall, Julia Rodriguez Garcia, Stella Lignou
Summary: The UK's aging population requires promotion of balanced nutrition, with a particular focus on increasing dietary fiber intake. Surveys involving older adults showed their willingness to learn about dietary fiber and the need for accessible information. Educational materials proved effective in engaging older adults and were perceived as useful. A holistic approach, involving support from various sources, can aid in improving dietary fiber consumption and overall health outcomes among older adults.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Gary J. Farkas, Paige M. Cunningham, Alicia M. Sneij, John E. Hayes, Mark S. Nash, Arthur S. Berg, David R. Gater, Barbara J. Rolls
Summary: Overeating associated with neurogenic obesity after spinal cord injury (SCI) may be related to how persons with SCI experience satiation, their eating frequency, and the context in which they eat their meals. Those with SCI rely less on physiological satiation cues for meal termination and instead rely more on hedonic cues. There are differences in meal contexts and eating frequency between SCI individuals and controls, with SCI individuals consuming fewer meals but having a higher overall eating frequency due to increased snacking. These factors likely contribute to overeating associated with neurogenic obesity after SCI.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Shana Adise, Kerri N. Boutelle, Panteha Hayati Rezvan, Eric Kan, Kyung E. Rhee, Michael I. Goran, Elizabeth R. Sowell
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between executive functions and cognition during adolescence, and the intake of fat and sugar two years later. The study found that higher impulsivity and reward-seeking behaviors were related to greater fat and sugar intake in males, while higher negative urgency and BMI were related to greater intake in both sexes. These findings suggest that individuals with certain traits may be more at risk for weight gain due to overconsumption of unhealthy foods.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Claire Margerison, Gozde Aydin, Christel Larsson, Alison Booth, Anthony Worsley, Janandani Nanayakkara
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns resulted in changes in food accessibility and availability, leading to shifts in food habits and behaviors among people worldwide. A study conducted in Australia examined the self-reported changes in food habits and behaviors of adults during the COVID-19 restrictions in 2020. The majority of respondents reported developing positive food habits, such as trying new recipes, cooking from scratch, and reducing take-away meals. The study also found that family involvement in food preparation and eating together increased during the restrictions. However, there were negative experiences, including difficulties in purchasing certain foods and limited access to food outlets.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Betsy Cogan, Jamie A. Cooper
Summary: This study aimed to assess the effect of dietary sweetness on appetite in adults with and without obesity. The results showed that the response of ghrelin to unsweetened rinses was energy-specific for all adults, while rinses containing sucralose led to greater cephalic phase cholecystokinin release in adults with a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m(2).
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Rebecca Gregson, Jared Piazza, Heather Shaw
Summary: Recent scholarship has identified a group of individuals who self-identify as anti-vegan, and they have distinct dietarian identities and ideological profiles. Anti-vegans show higher levels of commitment to their dietary patterns compared to omnivores, and they also score higher on various ideological measures.
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Gibson Weydmann, Patricia Maidana Miguel, Nour Hakim, Laurette Dube, Patricia Pelufo Silveira, Lisiane Bizarro
Summary: This study systematically reviewed the association between obesity and overweight with reinforcement learning performance. It was found that obesity might be associated with impairments in utilizing aversive outcomes to change behavior, but further research is needed to confirm this association.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Laura Kudlek, Rebecca A. Jones, Carly Hughes, Robbie Duschinsky, Andrew Hill, Rebecca Richards, Megan Thompson, Ann Vincent, Simon J. Griffin, Amy L. Ahern
Summary: This study explored how participants of an ACT-based weight management intervention (WMI) experience emotional eating and highlighted the importance of self-awareness and alternative coping strategies in improving emotional eating. It also emphasized the need for ongoing and personalized interventions to support individuals with external locus of control and complex emotional eating experiences.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Stefanie C. Landwehr, Monika Hartmann
Summary: This study examines the influence of peers on children's snack purchasing decisions, finding that the presence of peers strongly impacts children's brand awareness and price perception, highlighting the crucial role of social influence in shaping children's decision-making processes.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Rao Yuan, Shaosheng Jin, Wenchao Wu
Summary: This study examines the interactive effects of information and consumer trust on consumer preferences for organic food. The results show that consumers are willing to pay a higher price for organic food, especially those with higher levels of trust. The introduction of information significantly increases consumers' willingness to pay, with a greater increase observed among high-trust consumers.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Oda Bjorklund, Lars Wichstrom, Clare Llewellyn, Silje Steinsbekk
Summary: This study tests the psychometric properties of the Adult Eating Behavior Questionnaire (AEBQ) in a sample of 14-year-olds and examines its construct validity using the parent-reported Children's Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ). The results show that a 7-factor solution of the AEBQ without the Hunger scale is a better fitting model, and there are small-to-moderate correlations between the AEBQ and CEBQ scales.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Alice M. Cox, Rachael W. Taylor, Jillian J. Haszard, Kathryn L. Beck, Pamela R. von Hurst, Cathryn A. Conlon, Lisa A. Te Morenga, Lisa Daniels, Jenny Mcarthur, Rebecca Paul, Neve H. McLean, Emily A. Jones, Ioanna Katiforis, Kimberley J. Brown, Madeline Gash, Madeleine Rowan, Elizabeth A. Fleming, Rosario Jupiterwala, Bailey R. Bruckner, Anne-Louise M. Heath
Summary: Although concerns are often raised about the potential impact of baby food pouch use and Baby-Led Weaning (BLW) on infant health, there is limited research in this area. This study found that frequent pouch use was associated with increased food fussiness and more selective eating, while BLW was associated with higher energy intake and a range of eating behaviors.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Briana L. Kennedy, Andrew M. Camara, Dominic M. D. Tran
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between obesity, overconsumption, and oversensitivity to rewards, and how it affects attentional biases towards food-related stimuli. The results showed that individuals with higher BMI had lower attentional priority for food and food logos, while increased consumption of HFHS foods and dieting predicted increased attentional priority for food and food logo images.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Irene Campos-Sanchez, Rocio Munoz-Sanchez, Eva-Maria Navarrete-Munoz, Maria Sofia Molina-Inigo, Miriam Hurtado-Pomares, Paula Fernandez-Pires, Alicia Sanchez-Perez, Daniel Prieto-Botella, Iris Juarez-Leal, Paula Peral-Gomez, Cristina Espinosa-Sempere, Desiree Valera-Gran
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the association between sensory reactivity and feeding problems in young children. The results showed that taste/smell sensitivity was significantly associated with difficulties in texture transition/introduction, limited variety of foods, and both feeding problems. Additionally, children with total sensory reactivity or auditory filtering sensory reactivity had a higher prevalence of consuming a limited variety of foods. These findings highlight the importance of considering sensory reactivity as a potential predictor of feeding problems.