An increasing number of studies are investigating food intake volume and frequency in field studies outside the lab. Yet in this emerging research context, inconclusive and seemingly contradictory findings may be the result of complications in defining, measuring, and analyzing intake. This...

Background: Past research has shown that promotional messages such as food advertising influence food consumption. However, what has gone largely unexplored is the effect of exercise advertising on food intake. This study experimentally tested the effects of exposure to exercise commercials on...

Background: Spoon dosing has been identified as 1 of the 3 major causes of dosing errors and pediatric poisonings (1). Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends against using kitchen silverware to dose liquid medicine (accessed June 28, 2009) most persons still use spoons when...