Poverty, inequality, and increased consumption of high calorie food: Experimental evidence for a causal link.

Bratanova, B; Loughnan, S; Klein, O; Claassen, A; Wood, R

Poverty, inequality, and increased consumption of high calorie food: Experimental evidence for a causal link.

Bratanova, B Loughnan, S Klein, O Claassen, A Wood, R

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Publisher:: ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Appetite, 2016, 100, (Psychological Science1442003), pp. 162-171
Issue Date:: 2016-05-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Bratanova, B
dc.contributor.author	Loughnan, S
dc.contributor.author	Klein, O
dc.contributor.author	Claassen, A
dc.contributor.author	Wood, R https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9935-8429
dc.date.accessioned	2022-08-09T20:26:12Z
dc.date.available	2016-01-21
dc.date.available	2022-08-09T20:26:12Z
dc.date.issued	2016-05-01
dc.identifier.citation	Appetite, 2016, 100, (Psychological Science1442003), pp. 162-171
dc.identifier.issn	0195-6663
dc.identifier.issn	1095-8304
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/159828
dc.description.abstract	Rising obesity represents a serious, global problem. It is now well established that obesity is associated with poverty and wealth inequality, suggesting that these factors may promote caloric intake. Whereas previous work has examined these links from an epidemiological perspective, the current paper examined them experimentally. In Study 1 we found that people experimentally induced to view themselves as poor (v. wealthy) exhibited increased calorie intake. In Study 2, participants who believed that they were poorer or wealthier than their interaction partners exhibited higher levels of anxiety compared to those in an equal partners condition; this anxiety in turn led to increased calorie consumption for people who had a strong need to belong. The findings provide causal evidence for the poverty-intake and inequality-intake links. Further, we identify social anxiety and a strong need to belong as important social psychological factors linking inequality to increased calorie intake.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Appetite
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.appet.2016.01.028
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject.classification	Nutrition & Dietetics
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Anxiety
dc.subject.mesh	Appetite Regulation
dc.subject.mesh	Causality
dc.subject.mesh	Diet, Healthy
dc.subject.mesh	Energy Intake
dc.subject.mesh	Food Preferences
dc.subject.mesh	Health Status Disparities
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Models, Psychological
dc.subject.mesh	Obesity
dc.subject.mesh	Patient Compliance
dc.subject.mesh	Poverty
dc.subject.mesh	Psychological Distance
dc.subject.mesh	Random Allocation
dc.subject.mesh	Social Conditions
dc.subject.mesh	United Kingdom
dc.subject.mesh	Young Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Obesity
dc.subject.mesh	Random Allocation
dc.subject.mesh	Food Preferences
dc.subject.mesh	Patient Compliance
dc.subject.mesh	Social Distance
dc.subject.mesh	Anxiety
dc.subject.mesh	Causality
dc.subject.mesh	Energy Intake
dc.subject.mesh	Appetite Regulation
dc.subject.mesh	Models, Psychological
dc.subject.mesh	Social Conditions
dc.subject.mesh	Poverty
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Health Status Disparities
dc.subject.mesh	Young Adult
dc.subject.mesh	United Kingdom
dc.subject.mesh	Diet, Healthy
dc.title	Poverty, inequality, and increased consumption of high calorie food: Experimental evidence for a causal link.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	100
utslib.location.activity	England
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access	*
dc.date.updated	2022-08-09T20:26:11Z
pubs.issue	Psychological Science1442003
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	100
utslib.citation.issue	Psychological Science1442003

Abstract:

Rising obesity represents a serious, global problem. It is now well established that obesity is associated with poverty and wealth inequality, suggesting that these factors may promote caloric intake. Whereas previous work has examined these links from an epidemiological perspective, the current paper examined them experimentally. In Study 1 we found that people experimentally induced to view themselves as poor (v. wealthy) exhibited increased calorie intake. In Study 2, participants who believed that they were poorer or wealthier than their interaction partners exhibited higher levels of anxiety compared to those in an equal partners condition; this anxiety in turn led to increased calorie consumption for people who had a strong need to belong. The findings provide causal evidence for the poverty-intake and inequality-intake links. Further, we identify social anxiety and a strong need to belong as important social psychological factors linking inequality to increased calorie intake.

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