Using Smartphones When Eating Increases Caloric Intake in Young People: An Overview of the Literature

Recent literature highlights that the use of smartphones during meals increases the number of calories ingested in young people. Although the distraction interferes with physiological signals of hunger and satiety, a social facilitation effect has also been suggested. Cognition is a pivotal componen...

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Autores principales: La Marra, Marco, Caviglia, Giorgio, Perrella, Raffaella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7744612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33343462
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.587886
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description Recent literature highlights that the use of smartphones during meals increases the number of calories ingested in young people. Although the distraction interferes with physiological signals of hunger and satiety, a social facilitation effect has also been suggested. Cognition is a pivotal component in regulating food intake, and activities requiring high perceptual demands should be discouraged during meals.
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spelling pubmed-77446122020-12-18 Using Smartphones When Eating Increases Caloric Intake in Young People: An Overview of the Literature La Marra, Marco Caviglia, Giorgio Perrella, Raffaella Front Psychol Psychology Recent literature highlights that the use of smartphones during meals increases the number of calories ingested in young people. Although the distraction interferes with physiological signals of hunger and satiety, a social facilitation effect has also been suggested. Cognition is a pivotal component in regulating food intake, and activities requiring high perceptual demands should be discouraged during meals. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7744612/ /pubmed/33343462 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.587886 Text en Copyright © 2020 La Marra, Caviglia and Perrella. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Using Smartphones When Eating Increases Caloric Intake in Young People: An Overview of the Literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7744612/
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