Thoughts of social distancing experiences affect food intake and hypothetical binge eating: Implications for people in home quarantine during COVID-19

Yevvon Yi-Chi Chang, Pai-Lu Wu and Wen-Bin Chiou

Social Science & Medicine, 2021, vol. 284, issue C

Abstract: Social distance regulations have been suggested as one of the best ways to control and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Social connection and food are intertwined because both have played critical evolutionary roles in human survival. We tested whether the substitutability hypothesis in human motivation applies here in that cues signaling scarcity in one domain (e.g., social connection) might enhance the desire to acquire resources in another domain (e.g., food).

Keywords: COVID-19; Desire for food; Obesity; Social distancing; Social disconnection; Substitutability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114218

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