Attentional bias for high-calorie food cues by the level of hunger and satiety in individuals with binge eating behaviors

Woo, Jong‐Chang; Lee, Gi-Eun; Lee, Jang-Han

doi:10.3389/fnins.2023.1149864

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“…In the high-calorie condition, the attention of the failure group was attracted to the high-calorie food stimuli and further processed them [26], allocating more attentional resources to the high-calorie food stimuli [19]; this can interfere with the identification of subsequent targets, thereby increasing the AB [27], which is in line with the results of a previous study [3]. Using a two-stage model, this can be explained by the fact that when failed restrictive eaters occupied more attentional resources in the first stage of recognizing high-calorie foods, this led to a delay in the second stage of consolidation, i.e., T2 in the T1 versus lag2 condition was not efficiently consolidated.…”

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“…Higher-calorie foods have greater hedonic attributes [ 19 ] and are more likely to elicit an attentional bias in restrictive eaters [ 20 ]; therefore, the attentional bias of restrictive eaters toward higher-calorie foods has been primarily explored in previous research on the RSVP paradigm. There are differences in exploring the effects of high-/low-calorie foods on restrictive dieters’ attentional bias in the spatial dimension paradigm.…”

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The Absence of Attentional Bias to Low-Calorie Food Stimuli in Restrictive Dieters: Differences in the Allocation of Attentional Resources to High-Calorie Foods

Jiang,

Zhang,

Yang

et al. 2024

Brain Sciences

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Restrictive dieters are those who expect to achieve body shape and weight control through dieting. However, they often have difficulty suppressing the desire to consume food when confronted with it. It has been shown that when high- and low-calorie foods are presented together, the attention of restrictive eaters is preferentially directed to high-calorie foods. However, whether attentional bias occurs when low-calorie foods are present alone and whether the allocation of attentional resources is consistent with that for high-calorie foods has yet to be explored. The present study focused on the effects of high-/low-calorie foods on attentional bias in restrictive dieters. Seventy-eight participants were recruited to participate in the experiment via the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) scale, which is administered in a rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) task. The results revealed that failed restrictive dieters had the lowest percentage of correct answers at the lag2 level, indicating attentional bias. Failed restrictive dieters allocated more attentional resources to high-calorie foods than to low-calorie foods. Restrictive dieters showed no attentional bias when low-calorie foods were presented alone. The results suggest that low-calorie foods do not elicit an attentional bias in restrictive dieters and that the allocation of attentional resources is not consistent when compared to that for high-calorie foods.

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The Absence of Attentional Bias to Low-Calorie Food Stimuli in Restrictive Dieters: Differences in the Allocation of Attentional Resources to High-Calorie Foods

Jiang,

Zhang,

Yang

et al. 2024

Brain Sciences

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The impact of hunger on indulgent food choices is moderated by healthy eating concerns

Otterbring,

Folwarczny,

Gasiorowska

2024

Front. Nutr.

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Research has shown that hungry individuals are more impulsive, impatient, and prone to make indulgent food choices compared to their satiated counterparts. However, the literature is still mixed, with some studies showing such results while others fail to demonstrate hunger effects on consumers’ choice behavior. The current cross-sectional study (N = 461) sought to address these inconsistencies by examining whether the link between hunger and people’s propensity to make indulgent (vs. virtuous) food choices is moderated by their healthy eating concerns. Our findings revealed a weak but significant association between participants’ self-reported hunger levels and their likelihood of making indulgent rather than virtuous food choices (e.g., preferring a chocolate cake instead of a fruit salad). Importantly, this effect was moderated by their healthy eating concerns, such that the link between hunger and choice likelihood of indulgent food options only emerged among participants who scored lower, but not higher, in healthy eating concerns. We also replicated these results in a robustness check that focused on the extent to which participants indicated having a healthy lifestyle (e.g., exercising regularly), with a similar moderating influence of this factor. Together, these findings shed light on the importance of considering certain boundary conditions for establishing a link between hunger and consumers’ food choices, thus adding nuance to the growing body of hunger-related literature. The results emphasize the importance of ensuring the availability of healthier snack options in environments wherein foods and beverages can be consumed, particularly at times when consumers tend to be hungry, to promote healthier eating habits.

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A Pilot Randomized Control Trial Testing a Smartphone-Delivered Food Attention Retraining Program in Adolescent Girls with Overweight or Obesity

Parker,

Bloomer,

Stout

et al. 2024

Nutrients

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Background/Objectives: Attention bias (AB) toward food is associated with obesity, but it is unclear if programs designed to reduce AB can impact adolescents’ eating behavior. We investigated whether a two-week, smartphone-delivered attention retraining (AR) program (vs a control program) altered food AB in adolescent girls with overweight. Methods: Participants completed three food-cue visual-probe trainings/day. The AR and control programs directed attention away from food stimuli during 100% and 50% of trainings, respectively. Before and after completion of the programs, girls completed a food-cue visual-probe task while undergoing magnetoencephalography (MEG), and then a laboratory test meal. Results: Sixty-eight adolescents were randomized; 58 completed post-program visits. There was minimal effect of condition on AB scores (β [95%CI] = −1.9 [−20.8, 16.9]; d = −0.06). There was a small effect of condition on energy intake (EMMcontrol = 1017 kcal, EMMAR = 1088 kcal, d = 0.29). Within the AR group, there was slightly blunted initial engagement in brain areas associated with reward response and subsequent increased goal-directed attention and action control. Conclusions: We found preliminary support for efficacy of an intensive smartphone-delivered AR program to alter neural correlates of attention processing in adolescent girls with overweight or obesity. Studies with larger sample sizes are needed to elucidate if AR trainings disrupt the link between food AB and eating behavior.

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Attentional bias for high-calorie food cues by the level of hunger and satiety in individuals with binge eating behaviors

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The Absence of Attentional Bias to Low-Calorie Food Stimuli in Restrictive Dieters: Differences in the Allocation of Attentional Resources to High-Calorie Foods

The Absence of Attentional Bias to Low-Calorie Food Stimuli in Restrictive Dieters: Differences in the Allocation of Attentional Resources to High-Calorie Foods

The impact of hunger on indulgent food choices is moderated by healthy eating concerns

A Pilot Randomized Control Trial Testing a Smartphone-Delivered Food Attention Retraining Program in Adolescent Girls with Overweight or Obesity

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