The bad taste of social ostracism: The effects of exclusion on the eating behaviors of African-American women

摘要: African-American women experience disproportionately higher rates of obesity than do Caucasian women. The stress encounter from experiences discrimination may influence their eating behaviours, which could contribute to weight gain. Emotional theory suggests some people increase intake high-calorie foods cope with stressful experiences. We investigated the effects social exclusion by other or for women’s distress and food consumption using a laboratory paradigm. As hypothesised, there were main ostracism interactions between race, although not all took expected form. ate more potato crisps after being excluded Caucasians African-Americans. Unexpectedly, who self-reported emotional did excl...