Table 1 Means and standard deviations for manipulation check items for studies 1 and 2
Item | Colourful | Typical | Healthya | Low caloriea | Variedb | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
Study 1: When I put the meal together, I deliberately chose foods that are… | ||||||||||
 … healthy. | 3.90 | 1.29 | 4.09 | 1.29 | 5.63 | 1.04 | 5.14 | 1.15 |  |  |
 … low in calories. | 2.59 | 1.21 | 2.62 | 1.27 | 3.84 | 1.44 | 5.68 | 0.89 |  |  |
 … colourful. | 5.82 | 0.65 | 3.20 | 1.57 | 3.78 | 1.71 | 3.73 | 1.71 |  |  |
Study 2: When I put the meal together, I deliberately chose foods that are… | ||||||||||
 … varied. | 5.12 | 1.13 | 4.55 | 1.15 |  |  |  |  | 5.81 | 0.51 |
 … colourful. | 5.88 | 0.45 | 3.55 | 1.76 |  |  |  |  | 4.29 | 1.60 |