Journal article
Reinforcing value and hypothetical behavioral economic demand for food and their relation to BMI
Abstract
Food is a primary reinforcer, and food reinforcement is related to obesity. The reinforcing value of food can be measured by establishing how hard someone will work to get food on progressive-ratio schedules. An alternative way to measure food reinforcement is a hypothetical purchase task which creates behavioral economic demand curves. This paper studies whether reinforcing value and hypothetical behavioral demand approaches are assessing the …
Authors
Epstein LH; Paluch RA; Carr KA; Temple JL; Bickel WK; MacKillop J
Journal
Eating Behaviors, Vol. 29, , pp. 120–127
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
April 2018
DOI
10.1016/j.eatbeh.2018.03.008
ISSN
1471-0153