A Conceptual Model for Mobile Health-enabled Slow Eating Strategies

Viviane Fornasaro-Donahue; Theodore A Walls; Edison Thomaz; Kathleen J Melanson

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2022.08.003

A Conceptual Model for Mobile Health-enabled Slow Eating Strategies

J Nutr Educ Behav. 2023 Feb;55(2):145-150. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2022.08.003. Epub 2022 Oct 21.

Authors

Viviane Fornasaro-Donahue¹, Theodore A Walls², Edison Thomaz³, Kathleen J Melanson⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. Electronic address: nutriviv@uri.edu.
² Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.
³ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.
⁴ Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Energy Balance Laboratory, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.

PMID: 36274008
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2022.08.003

Abstract

Ingestive behaviors (IBs) (eg, bites, chews, oral processing, swallows, pauses) have meaningful roles in enhancing satiety, promoting fullness, and decreasing food consumption, and thus may be an underused strategy for obesity prevention and treatment. Limited IB monitoring research has been conducted because of a lack of accurate automated measurement capabilities outside laboratory settings. Self-report methods are used, but they have questionable validity and reliability. This paper aimed to present a conceptual model in which IB, specifically slow eating, supported by technological advancements, contributes to controlling hedonic and homeostatic processes, providing an opportunity to reduce energy intake, and improve health outcomes.

Keywords: eating behaviors; energy intake; ingestive behaviors; mHealth; slow eating.

MeSH terms

Eating
Energy Intake
Feeding Behavior*
Humans
Obesity
Reproducibility of Results
Telemedicine*