Computer training of attention and inhibition for youngsters with obesity: A pilot study

Verbeken, Sandra; Braet, Caroline; Naets, Tiffany; Houben, Katrijn; Boendermaker, Wouter J.

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2017.12.029

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“…Since the stimuli are liked less after training, they should also be easier to resist outside the laboratory (Jones et al, 2016;Veling, Lawrence, Chen, van Koningsbruggen, & Holland, 2017). However, only few studies have investigated changes in implicit attitudes toward trained food items as a mechanism of Go/No-Go training (Aulbach et al, 2019;Houben & Jansen, 2015;Kakoschke, Kemps, & Tiggemann, 2017;Verbeken, Braet, Naets, Houben, & Boendermaker, 2018).…”

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No evidence of calorie‐related modulation of N2 in food‐related Go/No‐Go training: A preregistered ERP study

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Go/No‐Go tasks, which require participants to inhibit automatic responses to images of palatable foods, have shown diagnostic value in quantifying food‐related impulses. Moreover, they have shown potential for training to control impulsive eating. To test the hypothesis that training modulates early neural markers of response inhibition, the current study investigated how the N2 event‐related brain potential to high‐ and low‐calorie food images changes along Go‐/No‐Go training and how the N2 is related to later eating behavior. 50 healthy adults, (mBMI = 23.01) first completed a food Go/No‐Go task in which high‐ and low‐calorie food images were accompanied by Go‐and No‐Go‐cues with equal frequency. Participants then completed a training block in which high‐calorie foods were predominantly paired with a No‐Go cue and the low‐calorie foods with a Go cue, followed by a block with reversed coupling (order of the training blocks counterbalanced between participants). After each training, there was a snacking opportunity during which calorie intake was measured. Against our preregistered hypotheses, the N2‐amplitudes were not significantly affected by the calorie‐content and there was no training‐related modulation in the N2. In addition , food intake was not influenced by the preceding training blocks and the N2 amplitude did not predict the food intake. Our study suggests that the link between N2 obtained in a food‐related Go/No‐Go task and impulse control is not clear‐cut and may be limited to specific task characteristics. The results are of high importance as they question the previously assumed mechanism of Go/No‐Go training in food‐related inhibitory control.

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“…Scrutinizing the role of inhibition in this association, especially in children and adolescents, is an important and much needed new direction in research. Furthermore, given the evidence that inhibition can be modified and trained through computerized tasks, increased knowledge offers possibilities for improving obesity treatment (19,(43)(44)(45).…”

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Maladaptive Eating in Children and Adolescents With Obesity: Scrutinizing Differences in Inhibition

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Tanghe³

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Introduction: In order to grasp the complex etiology of childhood obesity, we aim to clarify the relationship between external eating and weight. Based on theory and empirical evidence, we claim that inhibition is an important moderator in this association. In our first research question we expected that high external eating would be related to a higher weight status, especially for those with high inhibition problems. Secondly, we explored the moderating role of inhibition in the association between external eating and weight change after a multidisciplinary obesity treatment. Method: We investigated n=572 participants (51% boys, aged 7-19) with moderate to extreme obesity recruited in a Belgian inpatient treatment center. At intake, parents reported on inhibition (BRIEF), while the children and adolescents reported on their eating behavior (DEBQ). Weight and length were objectively measured pre and post treatment (ADJUSTED BMI). Two hierarchical linear regression models were built to scrutinize the influence of inhibition on the association between external eating and both baseline weight and weight change. Results: First, predicting baseline weight, we found no significant moderating effect of inhibition problems. Second, predicting weight loss, inhibition turned out to be a substantial moderator, specifically in adolescents. Some unexpected gender differences occurred in favor of adolescent boys, in a way that those with high external eating and low inhibition problems lost most weight. Conclusion: Inhibition problems act as a moderator explaining weight loss, but this only holds for adolescents. This suggests that external eating and inhibition play a complex role in weight loss in certain age and gender categories, and stresses the importance of identifying subgroups for tailoring interventions. For those with high inhibition problems, interventions aimed at increasing inhibition skills might be needed to optimize treatment outcomes.

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“…Others have hypothesized and demonstrated that instead (or additionally), repeatedly inhibiting responses to highly evaluated stimuli leads to devaluation of those stimuli, thereby making it easier to control eating behavior even outside the laboratory (Jones et al, 2016;Veling, Lawrence, Chen, van Koningsbruggen, & Holland, 2017). However, only few studies have investigated changes in implicit attitudes towards trained food items as a mechanism of Go/No-Go training Aulbach et al (2019); Houben and Jansen (2015); Kakoschke, Kemps, and Tiggemann (2017); Verbeken, Braet, Naets, Houben, and Boendermaker (2018).…”

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No evidence of calorie-related modulation of N2 in food-related Go/No-Go training: a pre-registered ERP study

Aulbach¹,

Harjunen²,

Spapé³

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Go/No-Go tasks, which require participants to inhibit automatic responses to images of palatable foods, have shown diagnostic value in quantifying food-related impulses.Moreover, they have shown potential for training to control impulsive eating. To test a suggested hypothesis that training modulates early neural markers of responseinhibition, the current study investigated how N2 event-related brain potential to high and low-calorie food images changes along the Go-/No-Go training and how the N2 is related to later eating behavior. Participants first completed a food Go/No-Go task in which high and low calorie food images were accompanied by Go- and No-Go-cues with equal frequency. Participants then completed a training block in which high-calorie foods were predominantly paired with a No-Go cue and the low-calorie foods with a Go cue, followed by a block with reversed coupling (order of the training blocks counterbalanced between participants). After each training, there was a snacking opportunity during which calorie intake was measured. Against our pre-registered hypotheses, the N2 amplitudes were not affected by calorie-content and there was no training-related modulation in the N2. Additionally, food intake did not differ between the preceding training blocks and the N2 amplitude did not predict food intake. Our study suggests that the link between N2 obtained in a food-related Go/No-Go task and impulse control is not clear-cut and may be limited to specific task characteristics. The results are of high importance as they question previously assumed mechanism of Go/No-Go training in food-related inhibitory control.

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Computer training of attention and inhibition for youngsters with obesity: A pilot study

Cited by 33 publications

References 58 publications

No evidence of calorie‐related modulation of N2 in food‐related Go/No‐Go training: A preregistered ERP study

No evidence of calorie‐related modulation of N2 in food‐related Go/No‐Go training: A preregistered ERP study

Maladaptive Eating in Children and Adolescents With Obesity: Scrutinizing Differences in Inhibition

No evidence of calorie-related modulation of N2 in food-related Go/No-Go training: a pre-registered ERP study

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