Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 14.
Published in final edited form as: Eat Behav. 2018 Apr 3;29:120–127. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2018.03.008

Table 3.

Reinforcing value and hypothetical behavioral demand values (mean ± standard deviation) of high and low energy dense snack foods.

HED LED RRV
Measure
Reinforcing value
 Breakpoint 29.92 ± 81.75 53.54 ± 75.99 −1.39+1.45
Demand RD
 Intensity (Q0) 2.63 ± 2.51 3.52 ± 2.26 0.41 ± 0.15
 Omax 1.72 ± 2.10 2.57 ± 2.80 0.41 ± 0.18
 Pmax 1.30 ± 1.34 1.62 ± 1.54 0.45 ± 0.18
 Breakpoint 2.39 ± 2.97 3.29 ± 5.03 0.45 ± 0.16
 Elasticity 0.17 ± 0.24 0.10 ± 0.09 0.59 ± 0.18

Note- HED and LED = high and low energy dense foods; RRV = Relative reinforcing value, RD = relative demand, Relative=HED/HED + LED.