The Role of Sensory Cues in Promoting Healthy Eating: A Narrative Synthesis and Gastronomic Implications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Cognitive Responses to Sensory Factors Influencing Healthy Eating Behavior
2.1. The Framework of Meanings of Concepts
2.2. The Connotative Meanings of Sensory Factors Associated with Perceived Healthiness and/or Healthy Eating Behavior
2.2.1. Evaluation
2.2.2. Potency
2.2.3. Activity
3. Affective Responses to Sensory Factors Influencing Healthy Eating Behavior
3.1. The Circumplex Model of Affect
3.2. The Affective Responses to Sensory Factors Influencing Healthy Food Evaluations
3.2.1. Valence
3.2.2. Arousal
4. The Perceived Healthiness of Food
4.1. Food Characteristics: What Is in Foods
4.1.1. Naturalness
4.1.2. Less Artificialness
4.1.3. Positive Nutrients
4.1.4. Less Negative Nutrients
4.2. Food Quantity: How Much
4.2.1. The Roles of Sensory Factors in Consumers’ Perception of Food Quantity
4.2.2. Effects of Quantity on Healthy Eating Behavior
5. Health-Related Motivation/Goals
5.1. Health Goals and/or Motives
5.2. Healthy-Tasty Beliefs
6. General Discussion
6.1. Theoretical Contribution to Sensory Marketing
6.2. Psychological Explanations of Our Model: Congruity Theory, Spreading Activation Theory
6.3. Practical Implications
6.4. Future Research Directions
6.5. Implications for Gastronomy
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Motoki, K.; Park, J.; Togawa, T. The Role of Sensory Cues in Promoting Healthy Eating: A Narrative Synthesis and Gastronomic Implications. Gastronomy 2025, 3, 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/gastronomy3020006
Motoki K, Park J, Togawa T. The Role of Sensory Cues in Promoting Healthy Eating: A Narrative Synthesis and Gastronomic Implications. Gastronomy. 2025; 3(2):6. https://doi.org/10.3390/gastronomy3020006
Chicago/Turabian StyleMotoki, Kosuke, Jaewoo Park, and Taku Togawa. 2025. "The Role of Sensory Cues in Promoting Healthy Eating: A Narrative Synthesis and Gastronomic Implications" Gastronomy 3, no. 2: 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/gastronomy3020006
APA StyleMotoki, K., Park, J., & Togawa, T. (2025). The Role of Sensory Cues in Promoting Healthy Eating: A Narrative Synthesis and Gastronomic Implications. Gastronomy, 3(2), 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/gastronomy3020006