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Underestimating Calorie Content When Healthy Foods Are Present: An Averaging Effect or a Reference-Dependent Anchoring Effect?

OBJECTIVE: Previous studies have shown that estimations of the calorie content of an unhealthy main meal food tend to be lower when the food is shown alongside a healthy item (e.g. fruit or vegetables) than when shown alone. This effect has been called the negative calorie illusion and has been attr...

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Autores principales: Forwood, Suzanna E., Ahern, Amy, Hollands, Gareth J., Fletcher, Paul C., Marteau, Theresa M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3743811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23967216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071475