Rewarding behavior with a sweet food strengthens its valuation

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  • Jan M. Bauer
  • Marina Schröder
  • Martina Vecchi
  • Tina Bake
  • Suzanne L. Dickson
  • Michèle Belot

Externe Organisationen

  • Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Göteborgs Universitet
  • Cornell University
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummere0242461
Seitenumfang11
FachzeitschriftPLOS ONE
Jahrgang16
Ausgabenummer4
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 14 Apr. 2021

Abstract

Sweet foods are commonly used as rewards for desirable behavior, specifically among children. This study examines whether such practice may contribute to reinforce the valuation of these foods. Two experiments were conducted, one with children, the other with rats. The first study, conducted with first graders (n = 214), shows that children who receive a food reward for performing a cognitive task subsequently value the food more compared to a control group who received the same food without performing any task. The second study, conducted on rats (n = 64), shows that rewarding with food also translates into higher calorie intake over a 24-hour period. These results suggest that the common practice of rewarding children with calorie-dense sweet foods is a plausible contributing factor to obesity and might therefore be ill advised.

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Rewarding behavior with a sweet food strengthens its valuation. / Bauer, Jan M.; Schröder, Marina; Vecchi, Martina et al.
in: PLOS ONE, Jahrgang 16, Nr. 4, e0242461, 14.04.2021.

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Bauer JM, Schröder M, Vecchi M, Bake T, Dickson SL, Belot M. Rewarding behavior with a sweet food strengthens its valuation. PLOS ONE. 2021 Apr 14;16(4):e0242461. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242461, 10.15488/12360
Bauer, Jan M. ; Schröder, Marina ; Vecchi, Martina et al. / Rewarding behavior with a sweet food strengthens its valuation. in: PLOS ONE. 2021 ; Jahrgang 16, Nr. 4.
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