Effects of eating rate on satiety: a role for episodic memory?

Ferriday, D., Bosworth, M.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1391-7515, Lai, S., Godinot, N., Martin, N., Martin, A.A., Rogers, P.J. and Brunstrom, J.M. 2015. Effects of eating rate on satiety: a role for episodic memory? Physiology and Behavior 152 (PartB) , pp. 389-396. 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.06.038

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Abstract

Eating slowly is associated with a lower body mass index. However, the underlying mechanism is poorly understood. Here, our objective was to determine whether eating a meal at a slow rate improves episodic memory for the meal and promotes satiety. Participants (N = 40) consumed a 400 ml portion of tomato soup at either a fast (1.97 ml/s) or a slow (0.50 ml/s) rate. Appetite ratings were elicited at baseline and at the end of the meal (satiation). Satiety was assessed using; i) an ad libitum biscuit ‘taste test’ (3 h after the meal) and ii) appetite ratings (collected 2 h after the meal and after the ad libitum snack). Finally, to evaluate episodic memory for the meal, participants self-served the volume of soup that they believed they had consumed earlier (portion size memory) and completed a rating of memory ‘vividness’. Participants who consumed the soup slowly reported a greater increase in fullness, both at the end of the meal and during the inter-meal interval. However, we found little effect of eating rate on subsequent ad libitum snack intake. Importantly, after 3 h, participants who ate the soup slowly remembered eating a larger portion. These findings show that eating slowly promotes self-reported satiation and satiety. For the first time, they also suggest that eating rate influences portion size memory. However, eating slowly did not affect ratings of memory vividness and we found little evidence for a relationship between episodic memory and satiety. Therefore, we are unable to conclude that episodic memory mediates effects of eating rate on satiety.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0031-9384
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	27 November 2019
Date of Acceptance:	28 June 2015
Last Modified:	03 May 2023 17:05
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/127155

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