Fostering positive attitudes toward food in individuals with restrained eating: the impact of flexible food-related inhibition.

ABSTRACT: Individuals exhibiting restrained eating behaviors demonstrate increased inhibitory control when exposed to food-related stimuli, indicating the presence of an automatic food-inhibition association. Existing literature proposes that this association contributes to the devaluation of food within this population. Efforts to disrupt this association by promoting the complete elimination of the inhibition of food responses have resulted in increased food consumption but have also led to heightened food-related anxiety in individuals with restrained eating behaviors. In the current investigation, we investigated whether a novel flexible food response/inhibition computerized task could yield favorable changes in attitudes toward food in individuals with restrained eating. We randomly assigned 78

SUBMITTER: Berebbi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10956199 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature