title: Unintentional eating. What determines goal-incongruent chocolate consumption?
abstract: Overeating can be automatically triggered by the presence of palatable food. When presented with an opportunity to consume unlimited chocolate under the guise of a consumer study, chocolate consumption in individuals (n=62) with healthy dietary intentions could be predicted from a psychological measure of cognitive inhibition. Individuals who were less able to suppress goal-incongruent responses in an established inhibitory task: (a) ate more chocolate and (b) had a higher body mass index than others suggesting that these individuals were less able to exert dietary control in the presence of palatable but intention-incongruent foods.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, William Guild Building, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, UK. j.allan@abdn.ac.uk
authors.forename: Julia L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D002099:Cacao; D002182:Candy; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D033182:Intention; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D055815:Young Adult