Book
Herman CP, Polivy J, Pliner P, Vartanian LR. Social Influences on Eating. Springer; 2019. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-28817-4
Why we cite it
An academic monograph by four researchers (comprehensive struck 2026-09-10: no text of the book is held) on social eating behavior (previously “four leading researchers”, corrected 2026-09-02, card 6NM98H — the Toronto and UNSW records that follow are the checkable version of that claim), building on decades of research at the University of Toronto and UNSW. Covers the major mechanisms by which social context shapes food intake: social facilitation (people eat more in groups, with the effect scaling with group size), modeling (people match their intake to dining companions), impression management (people modulate eating to convey favorable impressions), and normative influence (implicit social norms set an “appropriate” amount to eat). The book is described as synthesizing experimental and observational evidence on each mechanism and how they interact; no held file shows its content (marked 2026-09-10). This is the most heavily referenced book in the project’s social eating domain (checked 2026-09-02, card 6NM98H: 6 live pages against `cse09` 5, `cso04` 4 and `cso03` 3 — the claim holds). Referenced by 6 companion pages as at 2026-09-02 (this read 5 until then) and 5 companion-reviews (10 total references). (Recounted 2026-09-10, after commit 8589ae61 re-pointed five pages: 8 live pages cite this record, 187, 192, 212, 232, 247, 257, 262 and 489, against `cso04` 7, `cso03` 3 and `cse09` 0, so the comparison still holds; `cso04` is a review article, not a book.)
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