Journal article
Restrictive dieting vs. “undieting”: Effects on eating regulation in obese clinic attenders
Addictive behaviors, v 26(2)
2001
PMID: 11316380
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Abstract
This study tested predictions from restraint theory [(1984). A boundary model for the regulation of eating. In: A. J. Stunkard, & E. Stellar (Eds.),
Eating and its disorders (pp. 141–156) New York: Raven Press.] and the three-factor model of dieting [Psychol. Bull. 114 (1993) 100.] using an eating regulation paradigm. Participants were 42 obese, nonbinge eaters assigned to either a weight loss group (restrictive dieters or RDs) or a group designed to eliminate dieting (“undieters” or UDs). Participants took part in an ostensible ice cream taste test with or without a preload, both before and after the weight control intervention. At pretest, restraint theory's prediction that participants would engage in counter-regulatory eating was not supported. At posttest, after 8 weeks of the dieting interventions, RDs increased and UDs decreased their intake following a preload, a pattern most consistent with the predictions of restraint theory. This counter-regulatory trend was observed in spite of a significant decrease in RDs' Disinhibition scale scores following treatment. Implications of these findings for restraint theory, the three-factor model of dieting, and relapse in obesity treatment were discussed.
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- Title
- Restrictive dieting vs. “undieting”: Effects on eating regulation in obese clinic attenders
- Creators
- Michael R Lowe - Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Mail Stop 626, MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USAGary D Foster - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USAIrene Kerzhnerman - Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Mail Stop 626, MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USARebecca M Swain - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USAThomas A Wadden - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Publication Details
- Addictive behaviors, v 26(2)
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000167631700007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0035804466
- Other Identifier
- 991014877985104721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Clinical
- Substance Abuse