Consumed by Boredom: Food Choice Motivation and Weight Changes during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Boredom is an established cause and correlate of eating behavior. Yet, existing work offers a scattered range of plausible motivations for why this is. We examined among 302 people representative of the adult UK population what motivations they had for selecting food during the COVID-19 pandemic and...

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Main Authors: Wijnand A. P. Van Tilburg, Reinhard Pekrun, Eric R. Igou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Behavioral Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/12/10/366