The Power of Food Scale. A new measure of the psychological influence of the food environment.

摘要: This paper describes the psychometric evaluation of a new measure called Power Food Scale (PFS). The PFS assesses psychological impact living in food-abundant environments. It measures appetite for, rather than consumption of, palatable foods, at three levels food proximity (food available, present, and tasted). Participants were 466 healthy college students. A confirmatory factor analysis replicated three-factor solution found previously by Capelleri et al. [Capelleri, J. C., Bushmakin, A. G., Gerber, R. A., Leidy, N. K., Sexton, Karlsson, J., (in press). Discovering structure (PFS) obese patients. International Journal Obesity, 11, A165]. was to have adequate internal consistency test–retest reliability. Restraint regressed on four self-report overeating. independently related all whereas two. Expert ratings items suggested that are an acceptable reflection construct is designed capture. may be useful as hedonic environments replete with highly foods.