title: The association between food cravings and consumption of specific foods in a laboratory taste test.
abstract: This pilot study tested the relation between food cravings and food intake in the laboratory. Participants (n=91; mean BMI=35.1 kg/m2) completed the Food Craving Inventory to measure cravings for sweets, fats, carbohydrates, and fast food fats, and a taste test consisting of four foods (jelly beans, M&M's, regular potato chips, and baked low-fat potato chips). Thereafter, participants could eat the items ad libitum. Specific food cravings were significantly correlated with consumption of corresponding types of foods. The sweets scale correlated with M&M and jelly bean intake, but not chip intake. The fats scale correlated only with intake of regular potato chips.
authors.affiliation: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA. martinck@pbrc.edu <martinck@pbrc.edu>
authors.forename: Corby K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: O'Neil
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tollefson
authors.forename: Frank L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Greenway
authors.forename: Marney A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D002149:Energy Intake / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013649:Taste
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats