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Implicit associations, i.e., automatically activated attitudes and intuitions, may contribute to isolated food choices and body weight. Studies of food‐related implicit associations have yielded mixed results and have not explored their role in eating behaviors or dietary patterns. We examined implicit associations toward the palatability and acceptability (vs. shame) of healthy food and their relationships with self‐reported eating behaviors (eating in absence of hunger) and dietary patterns (fruit, vegetable, and sugar‐sweetened beverage consumption) and socioeconomic indicators.