Early associations with palatable foods in overweight and obesity are not disinhibition related but restraint related.

Marieke Q Werrij, Anne Roefs, Inge Janssen, Daphne Stapert, Gert Wolters, Sandra Mulkens, Harm J Hospers, Anita Jansen

Journal: Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry 2009;40(1):136-46

PMID: 18762285

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Abstract

Obese people prefer and overconsume high-fat foods. At the same time they often attempt to lose weight. In two studies we investigated relations between palatable high-fat food words and disinhibition related concepts (study 1) and palatable high-fat food words and restraint related concepts (study 2) within the semantic priming paradigm. In study 1, 24 overweight/obese and 19 healthy weight women participated. There was no association between palatable high-fat food words and disinhibition. In study 2, 27 obese and 29 healthy weight women participated. The presentation of palatable high-fat food words facilitated the accessibility of restraint related concepts as hypothesized, but independent of weight status. Clearly, early associations with palatable high-fat food words are restraint related in both healthy weight and obese people.

Address: Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2008.07.003

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MeSH Terms: Adult, Analysis of Variance, Body Mass Index, Case-Control Studies, Decision Making, Dietary Fats, Female, Food Preferences, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Middle Aged, Obesity, Overweight, Reaction Time, Word Association Tests, Young Adult