ReviewFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Visual Design Cues Impacting Food Choice: A Review and Future Research Agenda.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Beyond age: understanding how mindful eating and food label reading shape generational differences in health outcomes - a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Perceived food value depends on display format, preference strength, and physical accessibility.Appetite · 2025Article
- Voicing residents' perception of (commercial) food cues in outdoor public spaces: a photovoice study.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
This review aims to tackle the challenge of understanding how visual design cues can affect behavioural outcomes in a food context. The review answers two key questions: (1) What are the effects of the most important visual design cues on behavioural outcomes and how can they be explained? (2) What are the research gaps in this area? We start from a comprehensive taxonomy of visual design cues delineating the most important visual design cues. Next, we evaluate the extant research based on a structured, narrative literature review on visual design cues in the food domain. We differentiate between object processed and spatially processed visual design cues in food choice contexts and show how they affect behavioural outcomes through a range of psychological processes (attention, affective-, cognitive- and motivational reactions, food perceptions and attitudes). We end with recommendations which take into account the current food store context, the state-of-art in measuring psychological processes and behavioural outcomes and the specific food-, person- and context-related moderators. This review offers guidance for research to untangle the complexity of the effect of visual design cues in a food choice context.
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