Food for Performance

What it measures

Taps into the belief that eating beforehand is necessary to perform well at a task — a folk theory some people hold strongly and others dismiss.

Response Format

7-point Likert (1=strongly disagree, 7=strongly agree)

Representative items

• In order to perform well at a task, it is better to have a full stomach than an empty stomach.
• Task performance depends a lot on what one has eaten before.
• Just before performing a task at which I need to be good, I eat something up to give me strength.
• In order to perform well at a task, it is better to eat well beforehand.
• If I don’t eat enough, I cannot be good at doing a task.

Citation

Cornil, Y., Gomez, P., & Vasiljevic, D. (2020). Food as Fuel: Performance Goals Increase the Consumption of High-Calorie Foods at the Expense of Good Nutrition. Journal of Consumer Research, 47(2), 147–166.

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