Why We Eat What We Eat: Assessing Dispositional and In-the-Moment Eating Motives by Using Ecological Momentary Assessment

• Main Authors: Wahl, Deborah Ronja (Author), Villinger, Karoline (Author), Blumenschein, Michael (Author), König, Laura Maria (Author), Ziesemer, Katrin (Author), Sproesser, Gudrun (Author), Schupp, Harald Thomas (Author), Renner, Britta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundWhy do we eat? Our motives for eating are diverse, ranging from hunger and liking to social norms and affect regulation. Although eating motives can vary from eating event to eating event, which implies substantial moment-to-moment differences, current ways of measuring eating motives rely...