Publications by authors named "Thayane C Lemos"
Background: The Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM), a pictorial scale for the measurement of pleasure and arousal dimensions of emotions, is one of the most applied tools in the emotion research field.
Objective: We present a detailed description of a remote method to collect affective ratings in response to pictures by using the SAM scale.
Methods: To empirically validate our remote method, we conducted a study using a digitized version of the SAM scale and delivered online didactic instructions that followed the normative rating procedure for the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) to the participants.
Article Synopsis
- The COVID-19 pandemic caused psychological distress, which has been linked to emotional eating and an addiction to ultra-processed foods (UPFs).
- A study with 368 Brazilian undergraduates found that addiction symptoms to UPFs significantly mediate the relationship between pandemic-related stress and emotional eating behaviors.
- Results indicate that 61% of the stress's impact on emotional eating is attributable to UPF addiction, highlighting the need for public health strategies to focus on overcoming UPF addiction among stressed students.
Background: Ultra-processed foods (UPF) are becoming extensively available in the food environments. UPF are industrial formulations that are designed to maximize palatability and consumption through a combination of calorie-dense ingredients and chemical additives. UPFs are also aggressively marketed, which may make them more attractive than unprocessed/minimally processed foods (UMPF).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Urinary excretion of isoflavones and their metabolites after the consumption of soybean meal (SBM) and fermented soybean meal (FSBM) biscuits was investigated in humans in a randomized double-blinded crossover clinical trial.
Results: Aglycones were the most abundant metabolites in urine in both treatments. After FSBM consumption, total urinary excretion of aglycones and metabolites was 54% higher when compared to SBM biscuits.