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Licence to eat: Information on energy expended during exercise affects subsequent energy intake

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McCaig, Duncan C., Hawkins, Lydia A., Rogers, Peter J.·2016·Appetite
DOI 10.1016/j.appet.2016.08.107
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An acute bout of exercise, compared with no exercise, appears to have little influence on subsequent energy intake (EI), resulting in short-term negative energy balance. Whereas the labelling of food is evidenced to influence EI, little research has focused on how EI is affected by framing acute exercise in different ways. To explore this, 70 healthy, mostly lean, male and female participants in the current study completed a set amount of exercise (estimated energy expenditure (EE) 120 kcal), but were informed on three occasions before and after the exercise that they had expended either 50 kcal or 265 kcal. An ad libitum test meal, comprising orange juice, tortilla chips and chocolate chip cookies, was then presented after a 10-min break to assess subsequent EI. Measures of hunger and dietary restraint were also completed. Greater EI, primarily driven by chocolate chip cookie consumption (p = 0.015), was observed in participants receiving 265 kcal EE information. Hunger ratings were significantly lower in the 265 kcal EE information group than in the 50 kcal group following the test meal (p = 0.035), but not immediately after the exercise. These results support an interpretation that higher EE information (265 kcal) provides participants with a greater 'licence to eat' when palatable foods are accessible. Tentative evidence for a moderating effect of dietary restraint was observed, indicating a greater influence of EE information in participants with lower restraint. The findings of the current study suggest that the provision of EE information (e.g., through mobile device apps) could be counter-productive to healthy weight management.

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  • McCaig and colleagues (2016) demonstrated that the framing of a set bout of exercise (50 kcal vs 265 kcal) affects subsequent intake, with higher energy expenditure information providing greater licence to eat.

    “These authors have demonstrated that the framing of a set bout of exercise (50 kcal vs 265 kcal) affects subsequent intake, with higher energy expenditure information providing greater “licence to eat” [45].”

    From Assessment of laboratory and daily energy expenditure estimates from consumer multi-sensor physical activity monitors (2017) · cites this paper as [45]

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Authors
McCaig, D. C., Hawkins, L. A., & Rogers, P. J.
Affiliations
University of Bristol (GB)
Corresponding author
Rogers, Peter J.
ORCID
Venue
Appetite
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-12
Volume
107
Pages
323-329
ISSN
0195-6663 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.appet.2016.08.107
OpenAlex
W2516150554
Cited by
31
References
31
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 3
FWCI
5.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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Locations
  • Appetite (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
Keywords
energy intake, physical activity, food labeling, hunger, dietary restraint, ad libitum meal, weight management, food choice, palatable food
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Affect, Aged, Appetite, Bicycling, Energy Intake, Eating, Energy Metabolism, Female, Humans, Hunger, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Exercise, Body Mass Index, Sample Size, Young Adult, Meals

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