What are the causes of individual differences in food consumption and are they modified by personality?

Margaret A. Yeo; Susan A. Treloar; Geoffrey C. Marks; Andrew C. Heath; Nicholas G. Martin

doi:10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00094-9

What are the causes of individual differences in food consumption and are they modified by personality?

Margaret A. Yeo, Susan A. Treloar, Geoffrey C. Marks, Andrew C. Heath, Nicholas G. Martin

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Abstract

This paper reports, for 1613 Australian twin pairs aged 18-26 yr, the components of variance in self-reported high fat, salt and fibre food consumption, and the influence of personality on this consumption. Individual environment is the most influential factor and most of the familial influence on variance in consumption of high fat and salt food was explained by a common set of genes. Weak associations were found between personality and food consumption variables. The set of genes influencing variance in the social conformity (EPQ-R-S lie scale) personality trait made a small contribution to the genetic effects influencing consumption of fatty and salty food. We did not find evidence to support recently reported positive association between extraversion and salt consumption nor negative associations between neuroticism and psychoticism, and fat consumption.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	535-542
Number of pages	8
Journal	Personality and Individual Differences
Volume	23
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00094-9
State	Published - Oct 1997

Keywords

Eysenck Personality Questionnaire
Family environment
Food consumption
LISREL
Personality
Structural equation modelling
Twin study

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abstract = "This paper reports, for 1613 Australian twin pairs aged 18-26 yr, the components of variance in self-reported high fat, salt and fibre food consumption, and the influence of personality on this consumption. Individual environment is the most influential factor and most of the familial influence on variance in consumption of high fat and salt food was explained by a common set of genes. Weak associations were found between personality and food consumption variables. The set of genes influencing variance in the social conformity (EPQ-R-S lie scale) personality trait made a small contribution to the genetic effects influencing consumption of fatty and salty food. We did not find evidence to support recently reported positive association between extraversion and salt consumption nor negative associations between neuroticism and psychoticism, and fat consumption.",

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author = "Yeo, {Margaret A.} and Treloar, {Susan A.} and Marks, {Geoffrey C.} and Heath, {Andrew C.} and Martin, {Nicholas G.}",

note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgements-This work was supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and from the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA), U.S.A. We thank Theresa Pangan and John Pearson for computing assistance.",

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