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Models, monitoring, and the mind: Comments on Wansink and Chandon's “Slim by Design”
Author(s) -
Herman C. Peter,
Polivy Janet
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of consumer psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.433
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1532-7663
pISSN - 1057-7408
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcps.2014.03.002
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , psychology , food intake , value (mathematics) , food choice , focus (optics) , social psychology , computer science , psychotherapist , medicine , physics , pathology , optics , machine learning
Wansink and Chandon have examined the “mindlessness” that is often evident in everyday food intake. In this commentary, we focus on four issues raised by Wansink and Chandon's paper: (1) the distinction between food choice and food intake; (2) their model of food intake (and how it compares and contrasts with our own model of food intake); (3) the role of monitoring in the control of food intake; and (4) the meaning of “mindless” eating. In each case we find value in Wansink and Chandon's proposals but also an opportunity for further analysis and refinement.