The association between COVID-19 related food insecurity and weight promoting eating behaviours : the mediating role of distress and eating to cope (2021)
Journal Article
Keenan, G., Christiansen, P., Owen, L., & Hardman, C. (2022). The association between COVID-19 related food insecurity and weight promoting eating behaviours : the mediating role of distress and eating to cope. Appetite, 169, 105835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105835

Food insecurity (a lack of stable access to nutritious food) is reliably associated with obesity, although the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Past research indicates that this relationship may, in part, be explained by the distress of being food... Read More about The association between COVID-19 related food insecurity and weight promoting eating behaviours : the mediating role of distress and eating to cope.

Household food insecurity, diet quality and obesity : an explanatory model (2020)
Journal Article
Keenan, G., Christiansen, P., & Hardman, C. (2021). Household food insecurity, diet quality and obesity : an explanatory model. Obesity, 29(1), 143-149. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.23033

Objectives: Food insecurity (a lack of stable access to nutritious food) is reliably associated with poor diet, malnutrition and obesity; however, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Here, we tested the hypothesis that these relations are explaine... Read More about Household food insecurity, diet quality and obesity : an explanatory model.

‘Eating to survive’ : a qualitative analysis of factors influencing food choice and eating behaviour in a food-insecure population (2019)
Journal Article
Puddephatt, J., Keenan, G., Fielden, A., Reaves, D., Halford, J., & Hardman, C. (2020). ‘Eating to survive’ : a qualitative analysis of factors influencing food choice and eating behaviour in a food-insecure population. Appetite, 147, 104547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2019.104547

Food insecurity affects approximately 8.4 million people in the UK, one of the worst levels in Europe. Food insecurity is associated with poor diet quality and obesity; however, the drivers of this relationship are unclear. This study used a qualitat... Read More about ‘Eating to survive’ : a qualitative analysis of factors influencing food choice and eating behaviour in a food-insecure population.

Measuring interoceptive awareness in external eaters : a test of Schachter's ‘externality’ theory (2016)
Journal Article
Keenan, G., Rogers, P., & Brunstrom, J. (2016). Measuring interoceptive awareness in external eaters : a test of Schachter's ‘externality’ theory. Appetite, 101, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.02.116

Individuals differ in the extent to which they are responsive to external food cues such as the sight and smell of food. According to Schachter's ‘externality theory’, increased responsiveness to these cues may be the consequence of some individuals... Read More about Measuring interoceptive awareness in external eaters : a test of Schachter's ‘externality’ theory.

Income loss and diet quality during the first COVID-19 lockdown in a UK and Australian sample : the role of distress as a potential mediator
Presentation / Conference
Keenan, G., Royle, W., Marrow, L., & Owen, L. Income loss and diet quality during the first COVID-19 lockdown in a UK and Australian sample : the role of distress as a potential mediator. Presented at 46th British Feeding and Drinking Group meeting