Andersen Tjark, Byrne Derek Victor, Wang Qian Janice
Food Quality Perception and Society, Department of Food Science, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Sino-Danish College (SDC), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Front Psychol. 2021 Apr 6;12:634261. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.634261. eCollection 2021.
Obesity continues to be a global issue. In recent years, researchers have started to question the role of our novel yet ubiquitous use of digital media in the development of obesity. With the recent COVID-19 outbreak affecting almost all aspects of society, many people have moved their social eating activities into the digital space, making the question as relevant as ever. The bombardment of appetizing food images and photography - colloquially referred to as "food porn" - has become a significant aspect of the digital food experience. This review presents an overview of whether and how the (1) viewing, (2) creating, and (3) online sharing of digital food photography can influence consumer eating behavior. Moreover, this review provides an outlook of future research opportunities, both to close the gaps in our scientific understanding of the physiological and psychological interaction between digital food photography and actual eating behavior, and, from a practical viewpoint, to optimize our digital food media habits to support an obesity-preventive lifestyle. We do not want to rest on the idea that food imagery's current prevalence is a core negative influence . Instead, we offer the view that active participation in food photography, in conjunction with a selective use of food-related digital media, might contribute to healthy body weight management and enhanced meal pleasure.
肥胖仍然是一个全球性问题。近年来，研究人员开始质疑我们对数字媒体这种新颖且无处不在的使用方式在肥胖发展过程中所起的作用。随着近期新冠疫情的爆发影响到社会的几乎所有方面，许多人已将他们的社交饮食活动转移到了数字空间，这使得这个问题比以往任何时候都更加相关。诱人的食物图片和摄影的轰炸——通俗地称为“美食色情”——已成为数字饮食体验的一个重要方面。本综述概述了数字食物摄影的（1）观看、（2）创作和（3）在线分享是否以及如何能够影响消费者的饮食行为。此外，本综述展望了未来的研究机会，既为了填补我们在科学理解数字食物摄影与实际饮食行为之间的生理和心理相互作用方面的空白，也从实际角度出发，优化我们的数字食物媒体习惯以支持预防肥胖的生活方式。我们不想停留在食物图像当前的普遍存在是核心负面影响这一观点上。相反，我们认为积极参与食物摄影，结合有选择地使用与食物相关的数字媒体，可能有助于健康体重管理和提升用餐愉悦感。
