A daily gratitude listing intervention is associated with selection of smaller food portion sizes

IF 3.8 2区医学 Q1 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Appetite Pub Date : 2025-10-09 DOI:10.1016/j.appet.2025.108336

Bobby K. Cheon , Matthew B. Siroty , Xue-Qi Ng , Elizabeth X. Lim

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Abstract

Objective

Perceived deprivation and lower social status compared to others is associated with reduced sensations of fullness, selection of larger food portion sizes, and greater energy intake. Yet, it is unknown whether opposing experiences of gratitude, or appreciation of what one has, is associated with motivation to consume less energy. We tested whether a daily gratitude listing intervention leads to reduced energy intake and selection of smaller portion sizes.

Methods

Young adults from a Singaporean university (N = 162; Mean Age = 21.59 ± 1.89; 98 female) were randomly assigned to either a daily gratitude listing intervention or daily event listing control condition for 2 weeks. Free-living energy intake was measured with food journals during the intervention period, and desired portion sizes for many foods were measured at baseline and post-intervention sessions using a virtual portion selection task.

Results

There was no effect of the intervention on free-living energy intake, but those in the gratitude condition selected smaller portion sizes post-intervention compared to baseline; no change in portion size was observed for the control condition. The intervention reduced portion sizes for high energy-dense foods, but not lower energy-dense foods. Reduced appetite between the baseline and post-intervention sessions mediated this effect of the intervention on smaller portion sizes.

Conclusions

While perceived deprivation may stimulate appetite and the drive to eat, gratitude for what one has may promote satiety and intentions to eat less. Gratitude interventions may promote intentions to eat less, although effects on food intake require further investigation.

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每日感恩清单干预与选择较小份量的食物有关。

目的：与他人相比，感知剥夺和较低的社会地位与饱腹感降低、选择更大的食物份量和更多的能量摄入有关。然而，尚不清楚感恩或欣赏自己所拥有的东西的相反体验是否与消耗更少能量的动机有关。我们测试了每日感恩清单干预是否会减少能量摄入和选择更小的份量。方法：来自新加坡一所大学的年轻人（N=162；平均年龄=21.59±1.89；98名女性）随机分为每日感恩清单干预组和每日事件清单对照组，为期2周。在干预期间，通过食物杂志测量了自由生活的能量摄入，并在基线和干预后使用虚拟份量选择任务测量了许多食物的理想份量。结果：干预对自由生活能量摄入没有影响，但与基线相比，感恩条件下的干预后选择的分量较小；在对照条件下，没有观察到份量大小的变化。干预减少了高能量密度食物的份量，对低能量密度食物的减少也类似，但效果较弱。基线期和干预后期之间食欲下降介导了干预对小份量食物的影响。结论：虽然感知到的剥夺可能会刺激食欲和食欲，但对所拥有的东西的感激可能会促进饱腹感和想吃得少的意图。感恩干预可能会促进少吃的意图，尽管对食物摄入量的影响还需要进一步研究。

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Appetite 医学-行为科学

CiteScore

9.10

自引率

11.10%

发文量

566

审稿时长

13.4 weeks

期刊介绍： Appetite is an international research journal specializing in cultural, social, psychological, sensory and physiological influences on the selection and intake of foods and drinks. It covers normal and disordered eating and drinking and welcomes studies of both human and non-human animal behaviour toward food. Appetite publishes research reports, reviews and commentaries. Thematic special issues appear regularly. From time to time the journal carries abstracts from professional meetings. Submissions to Appetite are expected to be based primarily on observations directly related to the selection and intake of foods and drinks; papers that are primarily focused on topics such as nutrition or obesity will not be considered unless they specifically make a novel scientific contribution to the understanding of appetite in line with the journal's aims and scope.