Eating less from bigger packs: Preventing the pack size effect with diet primes

Versluis, Iris; Papies, Esther K.

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2016.02.011

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“…Seeing or consuming healthy foods has been shown to reduce intake of unhealthy foods, mostly among dieters (Buckland, Finlayson, & Hetherington, 2013a, 2013b; Buckland, Finlayson, Edge, & Hetherington, 2014). Similarly, health primes such as dieting advertisements, compared to control or indulgent food advertisements, can prevent overeating on unhealthy foods, again especially among dieters, and especially in the afternoon (Anschutz, Van Strien, & Engels, 2011; Boland, Connell, & Vallen, 2013; Versluis & Papies, 2016). Other weight-related cues, such as the presence of scales or very slim sculptures, have been found to prevent participants from modelling the overeating on unhealthy foods displayed by a confederate, and to reduce unhealthy consumption more generally (Brunner, 2010; Brunner & Siegrist, 2012).…”

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“…Two conditions need to be met to satisfy this criterion: the individual needs to know which behaviours, in the given situation, would serve the health goal, and those behaviours need to be accessible. In health goal priming studies so far, participants were assumed to be aware that salads are healthier restaurant options (Papies & Veling, 2013), that dieting is best pursued by eating less M&M’s (Versluis & Papies, 2016) and that healthier shopping means buying less high-calorie snacks (Papies et al, 2014). In other settings, however, the healthy behaviour may not always be obvious, and individuals with less nutrition knowledge, often associated with a lower level of education, may not be able to identify them well (e.g., Parmenter, Waller, & Wardle, 2000; Wardle, Parmenter, & Waller, 2000).…”

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Health goal priming as a situated intervention tool: how to benefit from nonconscious motivational routes to health behaviour

Papies

2016

Health Psychology Review

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Recent research has shown the limited effects of intentions on behaviour, so that novel methods to facilitate behaviour change are needed that do not rely on conscious intentions. Here, it is argued that nonintentional effects on health behaviour, such as the effects of habits, impulses, and nonconscious goals, occur through the activation of cognitive structures by specific situations. Interventions should therefore be situated to change these effects, either by changing the critical cognitive structures (training interventions), or by changing which cognitive structures get activated (cueing interventions). The current article presents this framework for situated interventions, as well as examples of interventions of each type. Then, it introduces goal priming as a cueing intervention tool to activate health goals and thus facilitate healthier behaviour, even in tempting situations that typically activate short-term hedonic goals. Following a review of empirical evidence, five principles for the effective application of health goal primes are proposed, namely (1) to target individuals who value the primed goals, (2) by activating their specific motivation, (3) through effective cues (4) that attract attention at the right time. Finally, (5) an effective goal-directed behaviour needs to be known and accessible to the primed individual. These principles are illustrated with examples of different health behaviours in order to facilitate their application for successful behaviour change.

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Section: Interventions To Affect Nonconscious Regulation Of Health Bementioning

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Section: Applying Health Goal Primesmentioning

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Health goal priming as a situated intervention tool: how to benefit from nonconscious motivational routes to health behaviour

Papies

2016

Health Psychology Review

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“…Goal priming has been studied in a variety of domains. In health behaviour, primes referring to healthy eating and dieting have been shown to direct eye movements towards healthy options (van der Laan, Papies, Hooge, & Smeets, 2017), trigger healthy menu choices (Papies & Veling, 2013), reduce unhealthy purchases in the grocery store (Papies, Potjes, Keesman, Schwinghammer, & van Koningsbruggen, 2014) and at vending machines (Stöckli, Stämpfli, Messner, & Brunner, 2016), and curb a variety of unhealthy snacking behaviours (e.g., Anschutz, Van Strien, & Engels, 2008;Buckland, Finlayson, Edge, & Hetherington, 2014;Papies & Hamstra, 2010;Versluis & Papies, 2016a). In environmental behaviour, goal primes reminding participants of the importance of waste reduction increased choices of unpackaged products (Tate, Stewart, & Daly, 2014).…”

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Situating interventions to bridge the intention–behaviour gap: A framework for recruiting nonconscious processes for behaviour change

Papies

2017

Social & Personality Psych

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This paper presents a situated cognition framework for creating social psychological interventions to bridge the intention-behaviour gap and illustrates this framework by reviewing examples from the domains of health behaviour, environmental behaviour, stereotyping, and aggression. A recurrent problem in behaviour change is the fact that often, intentions are not translated into behaviour, causing the so-called intention-behaviour gap. Here, it is argued that this happens when situational cues trigger situated conceptualizations, such as habits, impulses, hedonic goals, or stereotypical associations, which can then guide behaviour automatically. To be effective in changing such automatic effects, behaviour change interventions can attempt to change situational cues through cueing interventions such as priming, nudging, upstream policy interventions, or reminders of social norms.Alternatively, behaviour change interventions can attempt to change the underlying situated conceptualizations through training interventions, such as behavioural inhibition training, mindfulness training, or implementation intentions. Examples of situated behaviour change interventions of both types will be discussed across domains, along with recommendations to situate interventions more strongly and thus enhance their effectiveness to change automatic behaviour.Finally, the discussion addresses the difference between tailoring and situating interventions, issues of generalization and long-term effectiveness, and avenues for further research.KEYWORDS behaviour change, intention-behaviour gap, intervention, nonconscious processes, situatedThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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“…In support, laboratory studies have reported that compared to control cues, exposure to weight control cues have reduced subsequent food intake in general samples [ 9 , 10 ] and in individuals with strong weight control goals such as restrained eaters [ 11 ] and dieters [ 12 , 13 ]. Other studies have reported that the effects of weight control cues are moderated by particular settings such as the time of day (effects in general sample) [ 14 ] and portion size (effects in restrained eaters only) [ 15 ]. The effects of weight control cues on food intake (in restrained eaters) have also been found in real world settings such as in response to a ‘slimming poster’ displayed on the entrance to a butcher’s store [ 16 ].…”

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Priming food intake with weight control cues: systematic review with a meta-analysis

Buckland

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Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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BackgroundA growing number of studies suggest that exposure to cues which are associated with weight control can prime or prompt controlled food intake in tempting food environments. However, findings are mixed and understanding which types of cues and for whom such cues may be most effective is needed to inform subsequent research and societal applications. A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to evaluate the effects of exposure to weight control cues compared with control cues on food intake.MethodsPsycINFO, Medline, Embase and Web of Science were searched using key terms. Hedge’s g was used to calculate effect sizes based on mean food intake, standard deviations and sample sizes extracted from relevant publications and, a random effects model was used for the meta-analysis.ResultsTwenty-five articles consisting of 26 studies were eligible. Data from 25 studies (31 effect sizes) were available for the meta-analysis. Overall, weight control cues reduced food intake, albeit to a trivial effect (ES: -0.149, 95% CI: -0.271 to − 0.027). Subgroup analyses when studies which induced negative affect were removed showed that for individuals with strong weight control goals the effect was small-to-moderate (ES: -0.440, 95% CI: -0.718 to − 0.163), whereas for individuals with weak weight control goals this effect was trivial and non-significant (ES: 0.014, 95% CI: -0.249 to 0.278). Cue type and level of engagement did not significantly moderate the effect; however, specific cues (low-calorie foods and thin models) and attended engagement yielded significant effects. Caution is needed interpreting these findings as most studies were rated with high risk of bias and a number of studies could not be included in the subgroup analyses.ConclusionsBased on the data available, weight control cues reduce food intake in individuals with strong weight control goals. Further research is needed to explore longer term effects of cue exposure and confirm underlying mechanisms. PROSPERO registry#CRD42016052396.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12966-018-0698-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Eating less from bigger packs: Preventing the pack size effect with diet primes

Cited by 21 publications

References 65 publications

Health goal priming as a situated intervention tool: how to benefit from nonconscious motivational routes to health behaviour

Health goal priming as a situated intervention tool: how to benefit from nonconscious motivational routes to health behaviour

Situating interventions to bridge the intention–behaviour gap: A framework for recruiting nonconscious processes for behaviour change

Priming food intake with weight control cues: systematic review with a meta-analysis

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