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Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2007 Apr 14;49(3):626–634. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2007.04.002

Table 4.

Ratings of soup characteristics (mm) for subjects in a study to test the effects of varying the form of soup on lunch intake (mean ± standard error)

	Broth and vegetables	Chunky soup	Chunky-pureed soup	Pureed soup
How pleasant is the appearance of this food right now?
	23.5 ± 2.5^a	53.2 ± 3.0^b,c	53.6 ± 3.0^b,c	34.8 ± 2.8^b
How pleasant is the taste of this food right now?
	52.7 ± 3.1^a	61.2 ± 2.8^b	61.2 ± 2.7^b	52.0 ± 3.0^a
How many calories do you think this food has?
	25.9 ± 2.5^a	27.6 ± 1.8^a	39.0 ± 2.2^b	36.7 ± 2.6^b
How filling do you think this food will be?
	26.9 ± 3.0^a	44.1 ± 2.8^b	57.7 ± 2.5^b,c	55.5 ± 2.8^b,c
How thick do you think this food is?
	7.9 ± 1.6^a	31.5 ± 2.7^b	56.6 ± 2.2^b,c	62.9 ± 2.8^b,c,d

^a,b,c,d

Based on the results of a mixed linear analysis, means for a given characteristic that have different letters are significantly different.