How Digital Food Affects Our Analog Lives: The Impact of Food Photography on Healthy Eating Behavior

Abstract

Obesity continues to be a global issue. In recent years, researchers have started to question the role of our novel yet ubiquitous use of digital media in the development of obesity. With the recent COVID-19 outbreak affecting almost all aspects of society, many people have moved their social eating activities into the digital space, making the question as relevant as ever. The bombardment of appetizing food images and photography – colloquially referred to as “food porn” – has become a significant aspect of the digital food experience. This review presents an overview of whether and how the (1) viewing, (2) creating, and (3) online sharing of digital food photography can influence consumer eating behavior. Moreover, this review provides an outlook of future research opportunities, both to close the gaps in our scientific understanding of the physiological and psychological interaction between digital food photography and actual eating behavior, and, from a practical viewpoint, to optimize our digital food media habits to support an obesity-preventive lifestyle. We do not want to rest on the idea that food imagery’s current prevalence is a core negative influence per se. Instead, we offer the view that active participation in food photography, in conjunction with a selective use of food-related digital media, might contribute to healthy body weight management and enhanced meal pleasure.

Flavor-Videos: Enhancing the Flavor Perception of Food while Eating with Videos

“…In addition, studies have also evaluated favor perceptions based on the changes in the visual projections of the shape, color, or size of the food [43,44], and the sound of eating [68,71,73]. Research by Andersen et al [4] reviewed the infuence of digital food photography on consumer eating behavior. Wang et al [72] conducted a consumer study in the United Kingdom with 32 participants to understand the efectiveness of color changes on favor perception in a Virtual reality environment.…”

“…The food sample for testing used in the study was the Minute Microwavable Instant Ready-to-Serve (RTS) White Rice 4 . The reasons for choosing white rice for the study are: • White rice is a familiar food for people from diferent cultures as it is well known to be the staple diet for more than 50% of the global population [22].…”

Exploring the Linkages of Digital Food Communication and Analog Food Behavior: A Scoping Review

“…Food behavior is often studied as food intake or healthiness of consumed foods [ 25 ]. Accordingly, several studies follow this approach when examining food behaviors relating to social media, operationalizing the influence as the consumption of nutrient-dense foods or the portion sizes chosen after exposure to social media content [ 18 ]. This review is based on a more complex understanding of food behavior.…”

“…Existing studies each focus on different aspects, platforms, and social media communication modes. As for example in the most recent studies on the influence of visual communication on food behavior [ 18 ], analyzing message characteristics [ 19 ] and testing the effect of different nutrition-related messages via various social media channels on eating outcomes [ 20 , 21 ] or on the impact of social media (constructions) on pursuing specific diets in analog life [ 22 , 23 , 24 ]. However, a synthesis of previous findings has not been sufficiently documented.…”

Pengenalan Komposisi Gizi Makanan Tradisional Suku kaili Melalui Media Food Fotograph Kepada Praktisi Kuliner dan Kader Posyandu

“…Hal ini dilakukan juga oleh Elliott et al, (2021), membuat Food Photograph untuk melihat asupan makan siang terhadap anak usia dini (Elliott et al, 2021). Sedangkan penelitian yang dilakukan oleh Andersen, Byrne, & Wang, (2021) Food Photograph digunakan untuk mengatur berat badan menjadi sehat dan meningkatkan visualisasi makanan hingga menjadi lebih lezat (Andersen, Byrne, & Wang, 2021). Hal menarik juga dilakukan oleh Halim & Yulius, (2021) yang melihat sisi Food Photograph dari sudut padang di media sosial (Halim & Yulius, 2021).…”