The role of interoceptive awareness in decisions about portion size (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Keenan, G., & Brunstrom, J. (2014, April). The role of interoceptive awareness in decisions about portion size. Presented at British Feeding and Drinking group annual meeting, Loughborough University

People differ in their ability to monitor signals originating from inside the body. Whether this ‘interoceptive’ awareness plays an important role in pre-meal planning and decisions about meal size is not yet clear. The present study tested if indivi... Read More about The role of interoceptive awareness in decisions about portion size.

Eating as a means to combat distress: A novel pathway to explain the association between household food insecurity and food choice
Presentation / Conference
Hardman, C., Christiansen, P., Halford, J., Keenan, G., Gabbay, M., Boyle, N., …fielden, A. Eating as a means to combat distress: A novel pathway to explain the association between household food insecurity and food choice. Poster presented at N8 Agrifood annual conference, Liverpool

Food insecurity is a lack of the financial resources needed to ensure reliable access to food to meet dietary, nutritional, and social needs. In the UK, 8.4 million people were food-insecure in 20141. Household food insecurity is associated with poor... Read More about Eating as a means to combat distress: A novel pathway to explain the association between household food insecurity and food choice.