![]() In 2014, Google reported food and cooking to be the fastest growing topic on YouTube ( Kantchev, 2014). Simultaneously, food is becoming an increasingly popular topic both in classical forms of media, such as cooking books and TV, as well as in new digital media formats on the internet, such as YouTube, Instagram, and other social media platforms ( Petit et al., 2016 Spence et al., 2016). Observational studies have shown that watching TV is associated with being overweight (e.g., Gore et al., 2003 Halford et al., 2004 for a review, see Boulos et al., 2012). In Europe, the obesity rate has been linearly increasing ever since the 1970s, without any indication of slowing down ( WHO, 2016). By 2030, half of the United States population will be obese ( The Lancet Diabetes Endocrinology, 2020). ![]() ![]() Obesity continues to be a major global problem for individual welfare (see Reilly, 2003) and a burden on national health care systems (see Wang et al., 2011). Instead, we offer the view that active participation in food photography, in conjunction with a selective use of food-related digital media, might contribute to healthy body weight management and enhanced meal pleasure. We do not want to rest on the idea that food imagery’s current prevalence is a core negative influence per se. Moreover, this review provides an outlook of future research opportunities, both to close the gaps in our scientific understanding of the physiological and psychological interaction between digital food photography and actual eating behavior, and, from a practical viewpoint, to optimize our digital food media habits to support an obesity-preventive lifestyle. This review presents an overview of whether and how the (1) viewing, (2) creating, and (3) online sharing of digital food photography can influence consumer eating behavior. The bombardment of appetizing food images and photography – colloquially referred to as “food porn” – has become a significant aspect of the digital food experience. ![]() With the recent COVID-19 outbreak affecting almost all aspects of society, many people have moved their social eating activities into the digital space, making the question as relevant as ever. In recent years, researchers have started to question the role of our novel yet ubiquitous use of digital media in the development of obesity. 2Sino-Danish College (SDC), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.1Food Quality Perception and Society, Department of Food Science, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.Tjark Andersen 1,2 * Derek Victor Byrne 1,2 Qian Janice Wang 1,2 ![]()
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