Increased BMI is associated with an altered decision-making process during healthy food choices in males and females

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dc.article.number107859
dc.catalogadorpva
dc.contributor.authorLarenas Barrera, Gabriela Paz
dc.contributor.authorLuarte, L.
dc.contributor.authorKerr, B.
dc.contributor.authorOssandón, Tomás
dc.contributor.authorCortés Mora, Víctor Antonio
dc.contributor.authorBaudrand Biggs, René
dc.contributor.authorPérez Leighton, Claudio
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-19T21:29:36Z
dc.date.available2025-06-19T21:29:36Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractUnhealthy diets (rich in calories, sugar, fat, and sodium) are a major cause of obesity. Why individuals struggle to make healthy food choices remains unclear. This study examined how body mass index, biological sex, and eating context influence food attribute perception, the food choice process, and the percentage of healthy food choices. In an online study, males and females with and without obesity (n = 910) rated food images for healthiness and tastiness and made food choices after prompts directing them to choose foods they considered healthy (healthy prompt) or to choose as they would in their daily lives (typical prompt), which aimed to model healthy and typical eating contexts. When foods were classified as healthy or unhealthy using nutritional labeling information, all participants rated healthy foods with larger healthiness ratings, but females rated healthy foods as healthier and tastier than males. Still, participants with obesity had fewer healthy choices (i.e., choosing the food with the largest healthiness rating) regardless of sex and prompt. Further, tastiness differences were more relevant than healthiness differences during healthy food choices among participants with obesity, and more so after the typical prompt. On the contrary, healthiness differences were more relevant among participants with healthy weight regardless of prompt type. Our findings highlight the importance of eating contexts in how individuals use their perception of food attributes during healthy food choices and suggest that increasing the presence of healthy prompts and perceived tastiness of healthy foods may promote healthy food choices among individuals with obesity.
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dc.fuente.origenSCOPUS
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.appet.2025.107859
dc.identifier.eissn1095-8304
dc.identifier.issn0195-6663
dc.identifier.scopusidSCOPUS_ID:85215830309
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2025.107859
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/104725
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Ciencias Biológicas; Larenas Barrera, Gabriela Paz; S/I; 1047210
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Medicina; Ossandón, Tomás; 0000-0002-7306-7754; 1011810
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Medicina; Cortés Mora, Víctor Antonio; 0000-0002-1658-0965; 7576
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Medicina; Baudrand Biggs, René; 0000-0002-8655-4957; 1024
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Ciencias Biológicas; Pérez Leighton, Claudio; 0000-0003-1817-6314; 126972
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido parcial
dc.publisherAcademic Press
dc.revistaAppetite
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectFood choice
dc.subjectEating behavior
dc.subjectSex differences
dc.subjectHealthy food choices
dc.subject.ddc610
dc.subject.deweyMedicina y saludes_ES
dc.subject.ods03 Good health and well-being
dc.subject.ods02 Zero hunger
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.subject.odspa02 Hambre cero
dc.titleIncreased BMI is associated with an altered decision-making process during healthy food choices in males and females
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen207
sipa.codpersvinculados1047210
sipa.codpersvinculados1011810
sipa.codpersvinculados7576
sipa.codpersvinculados1024
sipa.codpersvinculados126972
sipa.trazabilidadSCOPUS;2025-02-02
sipa.trazabilidadORCID;2025-06-16
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