The effect of alcohol on food-related attentional bias, food reward and intake: Two experimental studies

Gough, Tom G.; Christiansen, Paul; Rose, Abigail K.; Hardman, Charlotte A.

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2021.105173

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“…Alcohol may stimulate greater food intake by enhancing its reward value. Studies using explicit self-report measures to assess the effect of alcohol on indices of food reward showed that intake of an alcohol primer increased: appetite, snack urge, ad libiutm intake and explicit liking of high-fat savoury foods [ 50 , 65 , 66 ].…”

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“…As AB is thought to indicate underlying appetitive motivational processes, several studies have used AB to food cues as an implicit measure of food reward. Between [ 68 ] and within-subjects [ 66 ] studies found that low dose alcohol primers (0.3–0.4 mg/kg) did not affect AB towards energy-dense foods relative to placebo. Gough et al [ 66 ] observed that AB to food cues increased following a higher dose alcohol primer (0.6 mg/kg) compared to placebo, suggesting that these effects may only occur at higher doses.…”

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“…Between [ 68 ] and within-subjects [ 66 ] studies found that low dose alcohol primers (0.3–0.4 mg/kg) did not affect AB towards energy-dense foods relative to placebo. Gough et al [ 66 ] observed that AB to food cues increased following a higher dose alcohol primer (0.6 mg/kg) compared to placebo, suggesting that these effects may only occur at higher doses. A smaller study in 23 young adults found that while low- (0.3 g/kg) and high-dose (0.65 g/kg) alcohol primers reduced alcohol-cue related AB relative to placebo, AB towards food-cues were sustained across all doses [ 69 ].…”

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‘Joining the Dots’: Individual, Sociocultural and Environmental Links between Alcohol Consumption, Dietary Intake and Body Weight—A Narrative Review

Fong¹,

Scott²,

Albani³

et al. 2021

Nutrients

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Alcohol is energy-dense, elicits weak satiety responses relative to solid food, inhibits dietary fat oxidation, and may stimulate food intake. It has, therefore, been proposed as a contributor to weight gain and obesity. The aim of this narrative review was to consolidate and critically appraise the evidence on the relationship of alcohol consumption with dietary intake and body weight, within mainstream (non-treatment) populations. Publications were identified from a PubMed keyword search using the terms ‘alcohol’, ‘food’, ‘eating’, ‘weight’, ‘body mass index’, ‘obesity’, ‘food reward’, ‘inhibition’, ‘attentional bias’, ‘appetite’, ‘culture’, ‘social’. A snowball method and citation searches were used to identify additional relevant publications. Reference lists of relevant publications were also consulted. While limited by statistical heterogeneity, pooled results of experimental studies showed a relatively robust association between acute alcohol intake and greater food and total energy intake. This appears to occur via metabolic and psychological mechanisms that have not yet been fully elucidated. Evidence on the relationship between alcohol intake and weight is equivocal. Most evidence was derived from cross-sectional survey data which does not allow for a cause-effect relationship to be established. Observational research evidence was limited by heterogeneity and methodological issues, reducing the certainty of the evidence. We found very little qualitative work regarding the social, cultural, and environmental links between concurrent alcohol intake and eating behaviours. That the evidence of alcohol intake and body weight remains uncertain despite no shortage of research over the years, indicates that more innovative research methodologies and nuanced analyses are needed to capture what is clearly a complex and dynamic relationship. Also, given synergies between ‘Big Food’ and ‘Big Alcohol’ industries, effective policy solutions are likely to overlap and a unified approach to policy change may be more effective than isolated efforts. However, joint action may not occur until stronger evidence on the relationship between alcohol intake, food intake and weight is established.

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‘Joining the Dots’: Individual, Sociocultural and Environmental Links between Alcohol Consumption, Dietary Intake and Body Weight—A Narrative Review

Fong¹,

Scott²,

Albani³

et al. 2021

Nutrients

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“…Modest alcohol consumption has been shown to "prime" an individual to consume more alcohol [34] and may increase risk heavy drinking in BE+HD. Furthermore, research from nonclinical samples demonstrates an effect of modest alcohol consumption on elevated hunger [35,36], which could increase urges to binge eat among BE+HD. Since the current study did not measure modest alcohol consumption, surveys when participants endorsed the presence of alcohol may also capture modest drinking episodes that did not reach heavy drinking levels (i.e., three or more alcoholic drinks), and this modest alcohol consumption could have increased risk for binge eating and heavy drinking.…”

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Momentary predictors of binge eating episodes and heavy drinking episodes in individuals with comorbid binge eating and heavy drinking

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Purpose -The co-morbidity of binge eating and heavy drinking (BE+HD) is a serious concern due to the high prevalence rates and associated elevated severity. Clarifying the momentary factors that increase risk for binge eating and heavy drinking among BE+HD is important for expanding theoretical models of BE+HD and informing treatment recommendations. The current study used ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to compare the momentary processes maintaining binge eating between BE+HD and individuals with binge eating only (BE-only) and to identify the momentary risk factors for binge eating episodes and heavy drinking episodes among BE+HD.Methods -Participants (BE+HD: N = 14; BE-only: N = 37) were adults with clinically-signi cant binge eating who completed between 7 -14 days of EMA prior to treatment.Results -The presence of food and within-day dietary restraint predicted higher odds of binge eating for both groups. Among BE+HD, the presence of alcohol and dietary restraint increased risk for subsequent binge eating and subsequent heavy drinking, and the absence of food increased risk for subsequent heavy drinking.Conclusion -These results offer preliminary support for treatment interventions for BE+HD that focus on reducing dietary restraint and teaching strategies for urge management in situations with palatable food or alcohol. Future research should study the maintenance mechanisms of BE+HD with larger, more diverse samples and using study design approaches with more experimenter control (i.e., laboratory experiments). Level of Evidence: Level IV, multiple time series without interventionWhat Is Already Known On This Subject? Individuals with binge eating often engage in heavy drinking, and the comorbidity of binge eating and heavy drinking (BE+HD) is associated with negative psychosocial consequences and increased alcohol severity. Previous studies have implicated affect, social context, the presence of food and alcohol, and prolonged dietary restraint as potential momentary risk factors that contribute to the maintenance of BE+HD. However, no study has used ecological momentary assessment to evaluate whether these momentary factors increase risk for subsequent binge eating episodes or heavy drinking episodes in BE+HD. What this study adds?Results from the current study identi es the presence of food and alcohol and prolonged dietary restraint as momentary risk factors for binge eating and heavy drinking in BE+HD. Future research is needed to evaluate whether targeting these momentary maintenance processes may improve treatment outcomes for BE+HD.

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“…However, the increase in energy intake was not observed in acute alcohol consumption (0.4 g/kg) in another study ( 77 ). Recent research demonstrated that alcohol consumption can increase food intake and food reward, but such effects occur only at a higher dose (0.6 g/kg) ( 78 ). A conclusion that can be drawn is that, in anti-saccade tasks, patients with BED show unselected attention bias to food cues (including alcohol-related stimuli), whereas only patients with AUD with low dose of alcohol show highly selective attention bias to alcohol-related cue.…”

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Anti-saccade as a Tool to Evaluate Neurocognitive Impairment in Alcohol Use Disorder

Wang

Zhao

2022

Front. Psychiatry

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It has been widely shown that chronic alcohol use leads to cognitive dysfunctions, especially inhibitory control. In an extension of the traditional approach, this research field has benefited from the emergence of innovative measures, among which is an anti-saccade, allowing direct and sensitive measure of the eye movements indexing attention bias to alcohol-related cues and the capability of inhibiting the reflexive saccades to the cues. During the past decade, there are numerous reports showing that drinkers make more unwanted reflexive saccades and longer latency in the anti-saccade task. These increased errors are usually explained by the deficits in inhibitory control. It has been demonstrated that inhibitory control on eye movement may be one of the earliest biomarkers of the onset of alcohol-related cognitive impairments. This review summarizes how an anti-saccade task can be used as a tool to investigate and assess the cognitive dysfunctions and the early detection of relapsing risk of alcohol dependence.

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The effect of alcohol on food-related attentional bias, food reward and intake: Two experimental studies

Cited by 7 publications

References 77 publications

‘Joining the Dots’: Individual, Sociocultural and Environmental Links between Alcohol Consumption, Dietary Intake and Body Weight—A Narrative Review

‘Joining the Dots’: Individual, Sociocultural and Environmental Links between Alcohol Consumption, Dietary Intake and Body Weight—A Narrative Review

Momentary predictors of binge eating episodes and heavy drinking episodes in individuals with comorbid binge eating and heavy drinking

Anti-saccade as a Tool to Evaluate Neurocognitive Impairment in Alcohol Use Disorder

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