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How negative experiences shape long-term food preferences. Fifty years from the World War II combat frontBrian Wansink
Cornell University, 110 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 7801, United States
Appetite 52:750-2. 2009..Consistent with expectations, combat experience for European veterans had no impact on their preference for Asian food. The situation in which one is initially exposed to an unfamiliar food may long continue to shape preferences...
Food compensation: do exercise ads change food intake?Ellen van Kleef
Wageningen University, Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Group, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN Wageningen, The Netherlands
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:6. 2011..This study experimentally tested the effects of exposure to exercise commercials on food intake at a lunch meal as compared to the effects of control commercials...
"Is this a meal or snack?" Situational cues that drive perceptionsBrian Wansink
Cornell University, 110 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Appetite 54:214-6. 2010..Implications for dieters and for health professionals are provided...
Consequences of belonging to the "clean plate club"Brian Wansink
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:994-5. 2008
From mindless eating to mindlessly eating betterBrian Wansink
Cornell University, 110 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, United States
Physiol Behav 100:454-63. 2010..The paper represents an invited review by a symposium, award winner or keynote speaker at the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior [SSIB] Annual Meeting in Portland, July 2009...
Food exemplar salience. What foods do people think of when you tell them to change their diet?Carolyn R Brown-Kramer
University of Nebraska Lincoln, United States
Appetite 52:753-6. 2009..These findings have implications for understanding how individuals respond to dietary guidelines and devising effective intervention strategies...
Healthy convenience: nudging students toward healthier choices in the lunchroomAndrew S Hanks
Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
J Public Health (Oxf) 34:370-6. 2012..This study examines the application of this principle in a school lunchroom where healthier foods were made more convenient relative to less healthy foods...
The 100-calorie semi-solution: sub-packaging most reduces intake among the heaviestBrian Wansink
Charles H Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:1098-100. 2011..Smaller sized sub-packaging most greatly benefits those who are overweight, yet it does so without making people more aware of how much they have eaten...
Fine as North Dakota wine: sensory expectations and the intake of companion foodsBrian Wansink
Nutritional Science and Applied Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Physiol Behav 90:712-6. 2007..In combination with a sensory-based lab study, these results show that environmental cues--such as label-induced sensory expectations--can have a far-reaching impact on the food intake of companion foods...
Attractive names sustain increased vegetable intake in schoolsBrian Wansink
Department of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University, 15 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 7801, USA
Prev Med 55:330-2. 2012..This study will determine if the selective use of attractive names can be a sustainable, scalable means to increase the selection of vegetables in school lunchrooms...
Fast food restaurant lighting and music can reduce calorie intake and increase satisfactionBrian Wansink
John S Dyson Professor of Marketing, Charles H Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, 110 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 7801, USA
Psychol Rep 111:228-32. 2012..In contrast to hypothesized U-shaped curves (people who spend longer eat more), this suggests a more relaxed environment increases satisfaction and decreases consumption...
Eating behavior and obesity at Chinese buffetsBrian Wansink
Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1957-60. 2008..The resulting findings could confirm or disconfirm previous laboratory research that has been criticized for being artificial...
Internal and external cues of meal cessation: the French paradox redux?Brian Wansink
Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, 110 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 7801, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:2920-4. 2007..In addition to exploring the role that internal and external cues play in meal cessation, this study raises an overlooked explanation of the French paradox...
Counting bones: environmental cues that decrease food intakeBrian Wansink
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Percept Mot Skills 104:273-6. 2007..5.5 wings), with the effect being stronger for men than women. In distracting eating environments, environmental cues may provide an effective means of reducing consumption. Implications for controlling alcohol intake were also noted...
Association of nutrient-dense snack combinations with calories and vegetable intakeBrian Wansink
Food and Brand Laboratory at the Charles H Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Pediatrics 131:22-9. 2013..We examined whether children consumed fewer calories when offered high-nutrient dense snacks consisting of cheese and vegetables than children who were offered non-nutrient dense snacks (ie, potato chips)...
Watching food-related television increases caloric intake in restrained eatersMitsuru Shimizu
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, United States
Appetite 57:661-4. 2011..Restrained eaters ate more calories while watching a food-related TV program whereas unrestrained eaters were not influenced by the content of the TV program...
Portion size me: downsizing our consumption normsBrian Wansink
Cornell Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:1103-6. 2007
Nutritional gatekeepers and the 72% solutionBrian Wansink
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 106:1324-7. 2006
Ice cream illusions bowls, spoons, and self-served portion sizesBrian Wansink
Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 7801, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:240-3. 2006..In building on the size-contrast illusion, this research examines whether the size of a bowl or serving spoon unknowingly biases how much a person serves and eats...
Meal size, not body size, explains errors in estimating the calorie content of mealsBrian Wansink
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-7801, USA
Ann Intern Med 145:326-32. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Greater underestimation of calories by overweight persons is a consequence of their tendency to consume larger meals. Calorie underestimation is related to meal size, not body size...
The sweet tooth hypothesis: how fruit consumption relates to snack consumptionBrian Wansink
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Appetite 47:107-10. 2006..Knowing that people who frequently eat sweet snacks may be predisposed to increasing their fruit consumption will enable better targeting and tailoring of educational efforts, such as those used in the 5-a-Day for Better Health campaign...
Bottomless bowls: why visual cues of portion size may influence intakeBrian Wansink
Applied Economics and Marketing, 110 Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 7801, USA
Obes Res 13:93-100. 2005..Using self-refilling soup bowls, this study examined whether visual cues related to portion size can influence intake volume without altering either estimated intake or satiation...
It's not just lunch: extra-pair commensality can trigger sexual jealousyKevin M Kniffin
Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e40445. 2012..For romantic partners left out of a meal, we find a common view that lunch, for example, is not "just lunch."..
Turning virtual reality into reality: a checklist to ensure virtual reality studies of eating behavior and physical activity parallel the real worldAner Tal
Charles H Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
J Diabetes Sci Technol 5:239-44. 2011..For simulation to occur, the virtual environment must be perceived as being available for action. A useful chart is supplied as a reference to help researchers to investigate eating and physical activity more effectively...
Death row nutrition. Curious conclusions of last mealsBrian Wansink
Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Warren Hall 303, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Appetite 59:837-43. 2012....
Smarter lunchrooms can address new school lunchroom guidelines and childhood obesityAndrew S Hanks
Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
J Pediatr 162:867-9. 2013..An intervention using the behavioral science principle known as "libertarian paternalism" led junior-senior high school students to eat more fruits and vegetables by making these foods more convenient, attractive, and normative...
When snacks become meals: How hunger and environmental cues bias food intakeMitsuru Shimizu
Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, 110 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:63. 2010..abstract:..
Hierarchy of nutritional knowledge that relates to the consumption of a functional foodBrian Wansink
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Nutrition 21:264-8. 2005..We assessed how consumption of a functional food relates to different combinations of nutritional knowledge...
Does food marketing need to make us fat? A review and solutionsPierre Chandon
INSEAD, Boulevard de Constance, 77300 Fontainebleau, France
Nutr Rev 70:571-93. 2012..Throughout, this review underscores the promising opportunities that food manufacturers and retailers have to make profitable "win-win" adjustments to help consumers eat better...
Toxics, Toyotas, and terrorism: the behavioral economics of fear and stigmaWilliam Schulze
Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, NY, USA
Risk Anal 32:678-94. 2012....
Food plating preferences of children: the importance of presentation on desire for diversityFrancesca Zampollo
Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media and Design, London Metropolitan University, UK
Acta Paediatr 101:61-6. 2012..Given the importance of food presentation and childhood nutrition, we aimed to test the degree to which adults and children might demonstrate different preferences for various ways in which food can be presented on plates...
Position of the American Dietetic Association: food and nutrition misinformationBrian Wansink
Cornell University, Ithica, NY, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 106:601-7. 2006....
Shape of glass and amount of alcohol poured: comparative study of effect of practice and concentrationBrian Wansink
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 7801, USA
BMJ 331:1512-4. 2005..To determine whether people pour different amounts into short, wide glasses than into tall, slender ones...
Bad popcorn in big buckets: portion size can influence intake as much as tasteBrian Wansink
Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithica, New York, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 37:242-5. 2005..It is often believed that people overeat the foods they like. We investigated whether environmental cues such as packaging and container size are so powerful that they can increase our intake of foods that are less palatable...
