The use of visual analogue scales to assess motivation to eat in human subjects: a review of their reliability and validity with an evaluation of new hand-held …

RJ Stubbs, DA Hughes, AM Johnstone… - British Journal of …, 2000 - cambridge.org
This present paper reviews the reliability and validity of visual analogue scales (VAS) in
terms of (1) their ability to predict feeding behaviour,(2) their sensitivity to experimental …

Eating behavior: lessons from the real world of humans

JM De Castro - Nutrition, 2000 - Elsevier
Food intake by normal humans has been investigated both in the laboratory and under free-
living conditions in the natural environment. For measurement of real-world intake, the diet …

Palatability and intake relationships in free-living humans: characterization and independence of influence in North Americans

JM de Castro, F Bellisle, AM Dalix, SM Pearcey - Physiology & behavior, 2000 - Elsevier
In order to investigate palatability influences on the ad lib eating behavior of free-living
humans, 564 participants were paid to maintain food intake diaries for 7 days. They …

Rate of intake, bites, and chews—the interpretation of lean–obese differences

TA Spiegel - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2000 - Elsevier
The microstructure of eating behavior reflects physical properties of food. Responses of lean
and obese subjects to these physical properties are similar. For example, eating smaller bite …

Rating changes over the course of meals: what do they tell us about motivation to eat?

MR Yeomans - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2000 - Elsevier
Detailed analysis of the pattern of change in rated appetite within a meal have proved a
useful technique through which to explore appetite control. Variability in individual ratings …

Short-and long-term effects of changes in pleasantness on food intake

EH Zandstra, C De Graaf, DJ Mela, WA Van Staveren - Appetite, 2000 - Elsevier
This study concerns the effects of pleasantness on ad libitum food intake, liking and appetite
over 5 successive days. Pleasantness was manipulated by varying the salt level in bread …

Eating behavior in humans, characterized by cumulative food intake curves—a review

MS Westerterp-Plantenga - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2000 - Elsevier
Cumulative food intake curves have been obtained by monitoring eating from a plate, placed
on a scale built into a table, and connected to a digital computer. They describe and …

Palatability and intake relationships in free-living humans: measurement and characterization in the French

JM de Castro, F Bellisle, AM Dalix - Physiology & behavior, 2000 - Elsevier
To investigate palatability influences on the ad lib eating behavior of free-living humans, 54
French participants were paid to maintain food intake diaries for four 7-day periods. They …