Implicit attitudes toward obesity-related cues and their relation to body mass index, psychosocial functioning, and health behavior.

Future research should explore an extended model to examine how implicit preferences might impact intentions to engage in protective versus risky obesity-related health behaviors, and the various psychosocial factors that might impact the translation of those preferences and intentions in actual behavioral outputs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).