Melissa Bateson

Biographic Data

ID6225818
NAMEMelissa Bateson
GIVEN NAMESMelissa
FAMILY NAMEBateson
SIGNATUREBATESON M
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS13
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Understanding the association between household food insecurity and diet quality

    Open AccessRebecca Evans, Paul Christiansen et al.ARTICLEAppetite2025Cited by: 1References: 42

    Household food insecurity - a lack of reliable access to food that is safe, nutritious, and sufficient for normal growth - is associated with physical and mental ill-health. In the UK and many countries worldwide, food insecurity has been exacerbated by the cost-of-living crisis and is a major public health concern. To identify potential points of intervention, it is important to understand how food insecurity is associated with individual-level …

  • The daily experience of hunger in UK females with and without food insecurity

    Open AccessCourtney Neal, Gillian V Pepper et al.ARTICLEAppetite2025Cited by: 3References: 32

    Food insecurity (FI) is associated with increased mortality risk, depression, and obesity in females in high-income countries, but causal mechanisms remain unclear. FI is often assumed to lead to increased levels of hunger. However, quantitative evidence describing daily experiences of hunger in FI is lacking. Our pre-registered study used ecological momentary assessment to capture experiences of hunger in two groups of UK-based females: those ex…

  • Opportunistic food consumption in relation to childhood and adult food insecurity

    Open AccessD Nettle, Mona Joly et al.ARTICLEAppetite2019Cited by: 9References: 32

  • Food insecurity as a driver of obesity in humans

    Open AccessD Nettle, Clare Andrews et al.ARTICLEBehavioral and Brain Sciences2017

    Integrative explanations of why obesity is more prevalent in some sectors of the human population than others are lacking. Here, we outline and evaluate one candidate explanation, the insurance hypothesis (IH). The IH is rooted in adaptive evolutionary thinking: The function of storing fat is to provide a buffer against shortfall in the food supply. Thus, individuals should store more fat when they receive cues that access to food is uncertain. A…

  • Humans are not fooled by size illusions in attractiveness judgements

    Open AccessMargaret Bateson, Melissa Bateson et al.ARTICLEEvolution and Human Behavior2014

    Could signallers use size contrast illusions to dishonestly exaggerate their attractiveness to potential mates? Using composite photographs of women from three body mass index (BMI) categories designed to simulate small groups, we show that target women of medium size are judged as thinner when surrounded by larger women than when surrounded by thinner women. However, attractiveness judgements of the same target women were unaffected by this illu…

  • The watching eyes effect in the Dictator Game

    Open AccessD Nettle, Zoe Harper et al.ARTICLEEvolution and Human Behavior2013

  • Effects of eye images on everyday cooperative behavior

    Open AccessMax Ernest-Jones, D Nettle et al.ARTICLEEvolution and Human Behavior2011