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. 2016 Sep;21(3):453-457.
doi: 10.1007/s40519-015-0243-7. Epub 2015 Nov 24.

"The next mouthful will be the best": influence of prevision of the pleasure on the decision of having a second helping of a just eaten food

Piergiuseppe Vinai  1   2 , Luisa Vinai  3 , Paolo Vinai  3 , Cecilia Bruno  3 , Stacia Studt  4 , Silvia Cardetti  5   3 , Donatella Masante  6 , Maurizio Speciale  5   3
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"The next mouthful will be the best": influence of prevision of the pleasure on the decision of having a second helping of a just eaten food

Piergiuseppe Vinai et al. Eat Weight Disord. 2016 Sep.

Abstract

Purpose: Firstly, to see if the decision to have a second helping of food is related to the current evaluation of its palatability or to the predicted pleasure of a second helping of the same food. Secondly, to see if there is any relationship between subjects' BMI, their current or predicted evaluation of food palatability and their decision to have a second helping.

Methods: 128 guests attended a village festival with the specific purpose of eating a traditional, local soup made of beans and bacon. Subjects were asked to indicate the pleasure they felt eating the soup and the pleasure they predicted they would feel by having a second helping of the same food. Subjects were then offered a second identical portion of the above described soup.

Results: 72 subjects accepted a second helping of the soup. We discovered a significant correlation between predicted pleasure and the decision to have a second helping of the same food. There was also a significant correlation between BMI and the level of predicted pleasure of a second helping.

Conclusions: The decision to have a second helping of food was related to predicted pleasure and not to the pleasure that was experienced during the first helping.

Keywords: Obesity; Overeating; Pleasure eating food; Predicted pleasure eating food.

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