Hyldelund Nikoline Bach, Frederiksen Chanette, Byrne Derek Victor, Andersen Barbara Vad
Food Quality Perception and Society Team, iSense Lab, Department of Food Science, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
Sino-Danish College (SDC), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China.
Foods. 2022 Jul 4;11(13):1980. doi: 10.3390/foods11131980.
Psychological stressors frequently occur in modern society, and are associated with general anhedonic traits (inability to experience pleasure) and altered eating behavior. As eating behavior is largely motivated by a desire for pleasure, the Food Pleasure Scale (FPS) was introduced as a new research tool for investigating aspects of pleasure from food-related experiences. Thereby, insights on whether some aspects of pleasure are more affected by stress than others can be investigated, and can help explain why changes in eating behavior are seen when under the influence of stress. A consumer survey including = 190 Danish consumers all with moderate or high levels of perceived stress was conducted to explore the perception of pleasure from food, general appetite, meal patterns, as well as specific food preferences. The study showed that the majority found pleasure in the sensory modalities of food, as well as in the 'comforting' aspects of food pleasure. Furthermore, the moderately stressed respondents had fewer main meals and more post-dinner snacks and night meals, as compared to before falling ill, whereas the highly stressed group showed signs of anhedonic traits and losing appetite altogether. The present study contributes to our understanding of how a common condition, such as chronic stress, can affect individual, as well as public, health.
心理压力源在现代社会中频繁出现，并且与一般的快感缺失特征（无法体验愉悦）和饮食行为改变有关。由于饮食行为很大程度上是由对愉悦的渴望所驱动的，食物愉悦量表（FPS）作为一种新的研究工具被引入，用于调查与食物相关体验中的愉悦方面。由此，可以研究某些愉悦方面是否比其他方面更容易受到压力的影响，并且有助于解释为什么在压力影响下会出现饮食行为的变化。对190名丹麦消费者进行了一项消费者调查，这些消费者都有中度或高度的感知压力，以探讨他们对食物愉悦、总体食欲、用餐模式以及特定食物偏好的感知。研究表明，大多数人在食物的感官体验以及食物愉悦的“安慰”方面都能找到愉悦感。此外，与生病前相比，中度压力的受访者正餐次数减少，晚餐后小吃和夜宵增多，而高度压力组则表现出快感缺失特征的迹象，甚至完全失去食欲。本研究有助于我们理解诸如慢性压力这样的常见状况如何影响个人以及公众健康。
