People with Sweet Tooth Eat More Fruit

People who like sweets eat more fruit than salty-snack lovers, and people who love fruit eat more sweets than vegetable lovers do, according to two Cornell University analyses.

“If we know a person likes one type of food, this kind of study helps us better predict what other types of foods he or she might prefer,” said Brian Wansink, director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab that studies the psychology behind what people eat and how often they eat it. By better understanding how various foods, such as sweets, are linked by preference, strategies used to market such sweet snacks as candy bars, for example, could be incorporated into an educational program to increase the consumption of fruit.

To see how much fruit sweet and salty-snack lovers ate, Wansink used the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals. To determine whether fruit lovers eat more sweets than vegetable lovers, Wansink analyzed the results of a snack consumption survey of 770 individuals.

The study is published in the August issue of Appetite.

RELATED STORIES:
Patients with moderate to severe periodontitis need evaluation for heart disease risk   Preventing gum disease would save teeth and money   Dieting May Cut Risk for Gum Disease, Mostly In Males   Telephone “Quitlines” May Help Dental Patients Stop Smoking   Treating Osteoporosis Calls for Physician, Dentist Collaboration   Better access to oral health care needed: dentists   Psychological and social issues associated with tooth loss   Antibiotic Linked to Incomplete Development of Tooth Enamel   Prenatal vitamin D linked to kids’ dental health   Back to School Preparations Need Some Teeth   Gene Therapy Effective Treatment Against Gum Disease   Children need to brush up on dental hygiene

Comments

[ + Post Your Own ]

Now you're in the public comment zone. What follows is not Armenian Medical Network's stuff; it comes from other people and we don't vouch for it. A reminder: By using this Web site you agree to accept our Terms of Service. Click here to read the Rules of Engagement.

There are no comments for this entry yet. [ + Comment here + ]