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Subjective hunger relationships with meal patterns in the spontaneous feeding behavior of humans: Evidence for a causal connection

de Castro, John M., Elmore, Dixie K.·1988·Physiology & Behavior

Abstract

The relationship between the subjective state of hunger and objective food intake was investigated using a diary self-report method. Thirty-one adult humans were paid to record in a diary, for 7 consecutive days, everything that they either ate or drank, the time that they ingested it, and how hungry they were on a seven point scale. The diary entries were encoded and entered into a computer. Meals were identified according to 5 different definitions and meal compositions, estimated stomach contents, and intermeal intervals calculated. Univariate and multiple linear regression predictions of self-reported hunger and meal size were calculated from these data. Self-reported hunger was found to be related negatively to the energy content and the proportion of protein in the stomach at the time of meal ingestion. Meal size was also found to be related to these same factors and also positively to self-rated hunger. These results suggest that protein has a unique satiating property beyond its contribution to total food energy. When self-rated hunger and the premeal stomach contents were all used in a multiple regression prediction of meal size the premeal stomach contents influence became nonsignificant leaving subjective hunger as the only significant predictor of meal size. These results suggest that subjective hunger represents an intermediary step in the cause-effect sequence between gut filling and cessation of meal ingestion.

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Authors
de Castro, J. M., & Elmore, D. K.
Affiliations
Georgia State University (US)
Venue
Physiology & Behavior
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1988-01
Volume
43
Issue
2
Pages
159-165
ISSN
0031-9384 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2044516801
Cited by
149
References
20
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Physiology & Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Georgia State University
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
Keywords
subjective hunger, meal patterns, meal size, intermeal interval, dietary intake, satiety, meal termination
MeSH terms
Adult, Analysis of Variance, Energy Intake, Diet, Feeding Behavior, Female, Gastrointestinal Contents, Humans, Hunger, Male, Regression Analysis, Stomach

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