Human Eating Behavior: Preferences. Consumption Patterns, and Biorhythms

Abstract

Food habits and several daily self-measures of psychophysiological performance were obtained from twenty-three adult volunteers offered canned and frozen military rations for a 12-week period. After 6 weeks of ad libitum choice, their daily caloric intake was restricted to a single morning or evening meal. Results were analyzed in terms of correlates of verbal preference, smorgasbord sampling and actual choice and intake, and in the effect of the single daily meals on shifting the circadian rhythms of physiological and psychological variables, and in maintaining body weight as compared with the ad libitum situation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA073571

Entities

People

  • Franz Halberg
  • Howard Levine
  • R. Curtis Graeber
  • Ronald Gatty

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Arteries
  • Blood
  • Body Weight
  • Cells
  • Chemistry
  • Digestive System Processes
  • Food Dispensing
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • Meals
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Psychology
  • Psychophysiology
  • Surveys
  • Vegetables

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Exercise and Sports Science.
  • Gender and Food Studies