Hunger Ratings
Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) were used to assess the participants’
hunger including how hungry they felt, their fullness and
desire to eat, and their taste ratings of the test food including their
liking and choice. These were derived from Higgs (2002). The participant
had to place a vertical line on the horizontal line at the point
at which they felt they agreed with the item.
The VAS for hunger, fullness and desire to eat were anchored by
‘not at all’ and ‘extremely’ on a 100-mm line. The VAS for liking and
preference of food were anchored by ‘never choose’ and ‘always
choose’ for choice, and ‘not at all’ and ‘extremely’ for liking on a
100-mm line.