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Social status and energy intake: a randomized controlled experiment.

G Pavela¹, D W Lewis², J A Dawson³

¹Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.

Clinical Obesity

|September 7, 2017

Summary

This study investigated social status

Keywords:

Energy Intake obesity social status socioeconomic status

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Sociology
Public Health

Background:

Observational studies show an inverse relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and obesity in high-income countries.
The causal link and underlying mechanisms between SES and obesity require further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

To experimentally assess the impact of social status on energy intake.
To determine if manipulating social status influences subsequent food consumption.

Main Methods:

College students (n=60) were randomly assigned to higher (leader) or lower (follower) social status roles.
Participants' energy intake (kcal) was objectively measured after the social status manipulation.
Paired t-tests were used to compare energy intake between leaders and followers.

Main Results:

No significant difference in energy intake was found between the leader and follower groups.
Leaders consumed an average of 575.3 kcal, while followers consumed 579.8 kcal.
The null hypothesis of no effect of social status on energy intake was not rejected.

Conclusions:

Social status, when operationalized as a leadership role in a brief activity, did not significantly affect energy intake in this study.
Further research is needed to explore the complex relationship between socioeconomic status and obesity mechanisms.