Guilty or not? Feelings of guilt about food among college women.
The aim of this study was to assess how frequently and under what circumstances college women (n=55) experience feelings of guilt about food. Data were collected by means of a 1-week food diary. Results showed that a majority of the sample regularly experienced mild feelings of guilt. These feelings were particularly likely to result from eating between-meal snacks in the afternoon or after-dinner eating in the evening. Eating candy and ice cream accounted for the most 'guilty moments'. Eating in certain social situations (e.g., eating at a friend's house) induced relatively more often feelings of guilt.
Steenhuis
Ingrid
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Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Institute of Health Sciences, VU University, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ingrid.steenhuis@falw.vu.nl
D000293:Adolescent; D001939:Bread; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D007054:Ice Cream; D009754:Nuts; D012919:Social Behavior; D055815:Young Adult