Information processing of food cues in overweight and normal weight adolescents

Soetens, Barbara; Braet, Caroline

doi:10.1348/135910706x107604

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“…Although this is inconsistent with some previous research findings (Soetens & Braet, 2007), others reached the same conclusions, which, according to them, indicates that it is hard and stressing for some individuals to suppress thoughts (Oliver & Huon, 2001). Some authors even found evidence for an increase in unwanted thoughts during suppression, which is known as the immediate enhancement effect (for review, see Abramowitz et al, 2001).…”

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No Evidence for a Food-Related Attention Bias after Thought Suppression

Soetens¹,

Braet²,

Bosmans³

2008

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The aim of this study was to investigate whether food-related thought suppression results in an attention bias for food cues. Fifty-nine female students took part in the experiment. All completed a modified exogenous cueing task containing pictures of foods and toys with a similar valence (presentation duration: 250 ms and 1050 ms). Half of the participants were instructed to suppress thoughts about food and the other half was given control instructions, prior to completing the exogenous cueing task. No evidence was found for an enhanced cue validity effect for food cues after food-related thought suppression. Hence, the preliminary results do not provide support for the hypothesis that thought suppression is sufficient to yield an attention bias. Since the study was the first to employ an exogenous cueing task to study the attentional processing of food cues, replication is warranted.

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No Evidence for a Food-Related Attention Bias after Thought Suppression

Soetens¹,

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Bosmans³

2008

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“…Findings of a study undertaken by Stoens & Braet (2007) also support Rodin and Scholower's hyper-externality theory. Eighty-seven adolescents completed an imbedded word task containing high-calorie food words and matched control words.…”

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Understanding obesity: Psychological cues and antecedents of eating behaviour

Cranston¹

2007

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Obesity has been described by the World Health Organisation as a global epidemic, and is perceived as a major health concern due to the associated medical, psychosocial, and economic problems. One approach of understanding obesity is directed towards exploring the psychological and social determinants underlying nonhungry eating (NHE) (eating without physical sensations associated with hunger) and overeating (eating past the physiological sensations of fullness). The immediate psychosocial cues that trigger NHE and overeating, along with the psychosocial antecedents that influence NHE and overeating have been found to be important contributors to obesity.This research incorporated two studies. Study 1 involved self-report questionnaires comparing the antecedents and cues that influence NHE and overeating among men and women who were obese, overweight, and of a healthy weight (HWR). Study 2 adopted a case study approach to explore individual antecedents and triggers of NHE and overeating among three obese participants.Findings indicated that HWR, overweight, and obese people differed in the antecedents and cues that influenced their eating behaviours, which were particularly borne out in quantitative data. In addition, females and males differed in their reported antecedents and cues. For example, across all three weight groups, more females than males were restricting their food intake in attempt to lose weight, which can result in future NHE and overeating. In addition, overweight females reported the highest levels of non-hungry eating, emotional eating and external eating, compared to all other groups. Males of a healthy weight reported the lowest amounts of both NHE and restrained eating of the six groups (crossing 2 x gender and 3 x weight groups).Interestingly, eating in response to external cues was least common in overweight ii males. Compared to the other weight groups, more overweight participants reported they ate quickly and at predetermined times, and that food had been used as a reward or to soothe pain throughout childhood. Overweight participants ate more frequently in response to positive emotions and experienced more negative emotions after overeating than healthy weight or obese participants.Although distinct patterns of eating behaviour were observed for males and females within the separate weight categories, variability was also evident within the groups, suggesting that despite having similar body mass indexes, antecedents and cues that maintain individuals' weights vary.Results of the qualitative study also highlight the diverse cues and antecedents that can contribute to an individual becoming and maintaining an obese weight. What is clear from both studies is that no one eating pattern typifies a particular weight group, in the case of healthy, overweight, or obese individuals. In addition, people who are overweight need to become a priority for obesity research, in order to increase the understanding of the psychology of why and how people transgress from an overweight to an ob...

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“…whipped cream, bread, peach), one study found that obese children displayed cognitive interference for food words as measured by a modified Stroop task (8), while the second study found no interference for high calorie food words (e.g. pizza, cake) as measured by an imbedded word task (76).…”

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“…Similarly, one study showed that obese children had increased cognitive interference for food words using a modified Stroop task compared to healthy weight children (8). However, a second study found no differences between overweight and healthy weight adolescents in attentional bias to food cues as measured by an imbedded word task (76). Only one known study has examined the relationship between weight status and attentional bias to food cues in youth.…”

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Attentional Bias to Food Cues in Youth with Loss of Control Eating

Shank¹

2016

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Information processing of food cues in overweight and normal weight adolescents

Cited by 60 publications

References 78 publications

No Evidence for a Food-Related Attention Bias after Thought Suppression

No Evidence for a Food-Related Attention Bias after Thought Suppression

Understanding obesity: Psychological cues and antecedents of eating behaviour

Attentional Bias to Food Cues in Youth with Loss of Control Eating

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