Research
Adherence
Visual food cues (images) reliably elicit appetitive responses (desire to eat, palatability) that correlate with actual eating behavior, making them valid stimuli for studying eating determinants.
Be aware that seeing pictures of food (ads, social media, packaging) triggers automatic cravings and desire to eat, independent of your hunger level. To manage intake, minimize exposure to high-calorie food imagery, especially when not hungry, as these cues can drive intake even if you try to ignore them.
GoodSupportsHIGH confidence
food picture viewing tasks have been adapted to train eating control... with measurable effects on actual food intake, supporting the notion that responding to food images is causally involved in eating behavior.
Why this rating
Large sample size (N=1988) and consistent normative data, though it is a database paper validating stimuli rather than a clinical trial.
Source
Food-pics: an image database for experimental research on eating and appetite
Jens Blechert et al. · Frontiers in Psychology · 2014
cross_sectional · n=1988Cited 562×
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