TY - JOUR
T1 - Daily stressors and food choices
T2 - A lab experiment with low-SES mothers
AU - Vitt, Nicolai
AU - James, Jonathan
AU - Belot, Michèle
AU - Vecchi, Martina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - We investigate experimentally the effects of daily-like stressors on immediate and planned food choices, in a sample of low socioeconomic status (SES) mothers. We design a novel stress protocol that aims to mimic everyday stressors experienced by low socioeconomic status individuals. The protocol consists of budget and time allocation tasks to be performed under time and financial pressure. Immediate consumption is measured with in-laboratory consumption of low calorie and high calorie snacks; planned consumption is measured with an incentivized food shopping task. We find no evidence of a significant effect of the stressor on planned food consumption. We do find a notable increase in high-calorie snacking following the stress protocol but it is not precisely estimated. Overall, we find little support for the hypothesis that daily-life stressors induce unhealthy food choices.
AB - We investigate experimentally the effects of daily-like stressors on immediate and planned food choices, in a sample of low socioeconomic status (SES) mothers. We design a novel stress protocol that aims to mimic everyday stressors experienced by low socioeconomic status individuals. The protocol consists of budget and time allocation tasks to be performed under time and financial pressure. Immediate consumption is measured with in-laboratory consumption of low calorie and high calorie snacks; planned consumption is measured with an incentivized food shopping task. We find no evidence of a significant effect of the stressor on planned food consumption. We do find a notable increase in high-calorie snacking following the stress protocol but it is not precisely estimated. Overall, we find little support for the hypothesis that daily-life stressors induce unhealthy food choices.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103754
DO - 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103754
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85107379361
SN - 0014-2921
VL - 136
JO - European Economic Review
JF - European Economic Review
M1 - 103754
ER -