Journal article
Desire to Eat High-and Low-Fat Foods Following a Low-Fat Dietary Intervention
Journal of nutrition education and behavior, Vol.35(2), pp.98-104
2003
DOI: 10.1016/S1499-4046(06)60046-8
PMID: 12725716
Abstract
This study examined changes in desires to eat high-fat and low-fat foods across an obesity treatment program. The hypotheses under examination were (1) preferences for low-fat foods would increase across time and (2) preferences for high-fat foods would decrease across time.
Single-group, prospective examination of desires to eat 48 foods, categorized according to fat content, before and after the 16-week treatment program.
University clinic, Memphis, Tennessee.
118 obese (mean weight = 194.4 lbs) women (mean age = 45.24 years) participating in an obesity treatment program.
A 16-week cognitive-behavioral program for obesity.
Desires to eat 48 foods varying in fat content and whether or not participants actually ate these foods.
Analysis of variance, multiple regression, and paired
t tests.
The results indicate that during the program, preferences for low-fat foods increased, whereas preferences for high-fat foods decreased. These changes mirrored the changes in consumption of both low-fat and high-fat foods.
Within a behavioral economic perspective, the reinforcement value of low-fat foods may increase following a low-fat dietary intervention, whereas the reinforcing properties of high-fat foods may decline. This is desirable as low-fat foods hold many advantages over high-fat foods in terms of weight maintenance.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Desire to Eat High-and Low-Fat Foods Following a Low-Fat Dietary Intervention
- Creators
- Frederick G Grieve - Department of Psychology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KentuckyMark W Vander Weg - The University of Memphis Center for Community Health, Memphis, Tennessee
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of nutrition education and behavior, Vol.35(2), pp.98-104
- DOI
- 10.1016/S1499-4046(06)60046-8
- PMID
- 12725716
- NLM abbreviation
- J Nutr Educ Behav
- ISSN
- 1499-4046
- eISSN
- 1878-2620
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2003
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center; Community and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984063127102771
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