Factors affecting consumer food preferences: food taste and depression-based evoked emotional expressions with the use of face reading technology /

Elena Bartkiene; Vesta Steibliene; Virginija Adomaitiene; Grazina Juodeikiene; Darius Cernauskas; Vita Lele; Dovile Klupsaite; Daiva Zadeike; Laura Jarutiene; Raquel P. F Guiné

doi:10.1155/2019/2097415

Title	Factors affecting consumer food preferences: food taste and depression-based evoked emotional expressions with the use of face reading technology /
Authors	Bartkiene, Elena ; Steibliene, Vesta ; Adomaitiene, Virginija ; Juodeikiene, Grazina ; Cernauskas, Darius ; Lele, Vita ; Klupsaite, Dovile ; Zadeike, Daiva ; Jarutiene, Laura ; Guiné, Raquel P. F
DOI	10.1155/2019/2097415
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Is Part of	BioMed research international.. New York, NY : Hindawi. 2019, vol. 2019, art. no. 2097415, p. 1-10.. ISSN 2314-6133. eISSN 2314-6141
Keywords [eng]	FaceReader 6 technique ; food preferences ; food taste
Abstract [eng]	In this study, several factors (social status, age, gender, education, knowledge about healthy eating, and attitude to food) affecting consumer food choices (FC), including the relationship between the taste of food, FC, and depression, were analysed by using sensory traits and face reading technology.The first stage of the experimental scheme was the analysis of factors affecting consumer food preferences by using a questionnaire, while the second stage was evaluation of emotional expressions evoked by different food tastes in individuals with and without depressive disorders (DD), using the FaceReader 6 software.We show that gender is a significant factor formost emotionalmotivations,with a higher effect in femaleswhere therewas an indication of increased cravings for sweets when feeling depressed. Age was a significant factor in the motivation to eat for positive feelings, while education had a significant influence on perceptions regarding healthy eating. Face reading technology was found to be sufficiently accurate to detect differences in facial expressions induced by different tastes of food, for groups with and without DD. In conclusion, many factors are of high importance in the analysis of food choices, and the results obtained using the FaceReader 6 technique are very promising for food-mood relation analysis.We suggest that mood has a strong link with the choice of food.
Published	New York, NY : Hindawi
Type	Journal article
Language	English
Publication date	2019
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