Consumed by Boredom: Food Choice Motivation and Weight Changes during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
COVID-19
boredom
eating motivation
health
pandemic
weight
Journal
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2076-328X
Titre abrégé: Behav Sci (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101576826
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
28 Sep 2022
28 Sep 2022
Historique:
received:
30
08
2022
revised:
20
09
2022
accepted:
22
09
2022
entrez:
26
10
2022
pubmed:
27
10
2022
medline:
27
10
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Boredom is an established cause and correlate of eating behavior. Yet, existing work offers a scattered range of plausible motivations for why this is. We examined among 302 people representative of the adult UK population what motivations they had for selecting food during the COVID-19 pandemic and how this related to boredom. As predicted, bored people choose food less for health reasons and more for convenience. Boredom reduced ethical and 'natural content' motivations for selecting food and was not associated with choosing food to regulate one's mood or to experience unfamiliarity. Boredom was also associated with greater absolute changes in weight over the course of the pandemic. Boredom did not predict weight gains or losses overall. These findings offer insights into the role that boredom plays in eating motivations in particular and health-relevant outcomes in general.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36285935
pii: bs12100366
doi: 10.3390/bs12100366
pmc: PMC9598600
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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