The effect of stress on men's food selection.
This study investigates the effect of stress on food choice among men. Two groups of men were given either solvable (no-stress) or unsolvable (stress) anagrams to solve. Four bowls of snack foods-two healthy (peanuts and grapes) and two unhealthy (potato chips and M&M chocolate candies)-were available and subjects were invited to snack on them. Men in the no-stress group ate significantly more of the unhealthy foods than did men in the stress group. This finding is quite different from that found with women [Zellner et al. (2006). Food selection changes under stress. Physiology & Behavior, 87, 789-793]. Women tended to eat more grapes when not stressed than when stressed and more M&Ms when stressed than when not stressed. Thus, the effect of stress level on food choice is different for men and women.
Zellner
Debra A
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Department of Psychology, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA. zellnerd@mail.montclair.edu
Saito
Shin
S
Gonzalez
Johanie
J
D000328:Adult; D002755:Choice Behavior; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology