Twenty-four low restraintmale participants from a student population
(mean age: 21 ± 1.4, ages from18 to 53;mean BMI: 24 ± 0.5 BMI
from19 to 26,) at the University of Sussex took part in the research. Prospective
participants who had previously expressed an interest in participating
in appetite research were emailed with details of the study
described as ‘the effects of food onmotor skills’ to reduce demand characteristics
due to awareness of the experimental manipulations. Individuals
on medications, those smoking more than 5 cigarettes a day,
those with a history of diabetes, diagnosed eating disorders and allergies
or dietary intolerances to the foods used were excluded as were
those with high restraint scores (ratings above 7 on the Three Factor
Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) [43] as restrained individuals may not be
representative of general eating behaviour