ArticleEating behaviors2025
The role of hyper-palatable foods in energy intake measured using mobile food photography methodology.
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- Dietary Quality Along a Plant-Based Continuum: The Role of Added Salt, Oil, and Sugar in Chronic Disease Risk.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Are All Ultra-Processed Foods Created Equal? Descriptive Analysis of Nutritional Composition, Nutritional Quality, Energy Density and Hyperpalatability in Relation to Non-Communicable Disease Risk.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Does Feeling Bad Lead to Eating Bad? How Emotion, Deliciousness (Mis)match, and Weight Status Alter Food Choice and ERPs.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Quantifying the availability of hyper-palatable foods in US food stores and household purchasing behaviour.Public health nutrition · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveHyper-palatable foods (HPF) contain nutrient combinations that are hypothesized to maximize their rewarding effects during consumption. Due to their strong reinforcing properties, HPF are hypothesized to lead to greater energy intake within a meal. However, this premise has not been tested in free-living conditions. The current study examined the association between within-meal HPF intake and 1) measured energy intake and 2) self-reported overeating, assessed within eating occasions using smartphone-based food photography methodology.
methodsA total of 29 participants reported food intake and eating experiences (N=345 total eating occasions) in real-time for 4 days using smartphone-based food photography methodology. HPF were identified using a standardized definition. Bayesian multilevel modeling was conducted to investigate the within-person effects of proportional calorie intake from HPF (%kcal from HPF) on total energy intake and subjective overeating. Pre-meal hunger and proportional energy intake from high energy dense (HED) foods were included as covariates.
resultsResults revealed that when participants consumed more %kcal from HPF than their average, they consumed greater total energy during eating occasions, even when controlling for pre-meal hunger and %kcal from HED foods (median β = 0.09, 95% HDI [0.02, 0.16], pd. = 99.56%). Additionally, consuming more %kcal from HPF than average was associated with greater eating despite feeling full, when controlling covariates (median β = 0.15, 95% HDI [-0.02, 0.34], pd = 96.45%).
conclusionsThe findings supported the premise that HPF themselves may yield greater energy intake and eating despite satiation, measured in real-time and free-living conditions.
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