title: Impact of Perceived Healthiness of Food on Food Choices and Intake.
abstract: Healthy eating is an important determinant of health, but adherence to dietary guidelines remains a public health concern. Identifying factors that impact dietary habits is therefore important to facilitate healthy eating. One widely used strategy to help consumers make healthier food choices is nutrition information, such as labeling and claims. Despite the intention of these strategies to improve decision making, they can also be misunderstood or misinterpreted by consumers. The aim of this review is to explore food perceptions by examining how cognitive factors influence perceived healthiness of food, and the impact of perceived healthiness of food on food choices and intake. Overall findings of this review suggest that cognitive factors, such as type of food and branding, significantly contribute to judgmental bias and have an impact on perceived healthiness while not consistently or systematically influencing choice and intake.
authors.affiliation: INAF (Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods), Laval University, Pavillon des services, 2440 Boul. Hochelaga, Quebec City, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada. veronique.provencher@fsaa.ulaval.ca.
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Provencher
authors.affiliation: INAF (Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods), Laval University, Pavillon des services, 2440 Boul. Hochelaga, Quebec City, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.
authors.forename: Raphaëlle
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jacob
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D004435:Eating; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005518:Food Preferences; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology
keywords: Cognition; Food choices; Food intake; Food perception; Obesity; Restrained eating
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