Anticipatory and reactive responses to chocolate restriction in frequent chocolate consumers
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2015
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Keeler, C.L.
Mattes, R.D.
Tan, S.Y.
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Obesity, 2015; 23(6):1130-1135
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Objective: Many individuals have difficulty adhering to a weight loss diet. One possible explanation could be that dietary restriction paradoxically contributes to over consumption. The objective of this study was to examine ingestive behavior under a forced chocolate restriction with a focus on the anticipatory restriction period and the post-restriction period in frequent chocolate consumers.
Methods: Fifty-six male (N518) and female (N538) high chocolate consumers with high (N525) or low(N531) cognitive disinhibition participated. Chocolate snacks were provided for a week each to establish baseline, pre-restriction, and post-restriction consumption, Chocolate snacks were replaced with nonchocolate snacks during a 3-week chocolate restriction period.
Results: Highly disinhibited participants felt more guilty and consumed significantly more energy thanlow disinhibited participants across snack conditions. Low disinhibited participants consumed significantly less in the post-restriction period compared to baseline and the pre-restriction period, while high disinhibited participants consumed the same amount across all conditions. Aggregating the data, high and low disinhibited chocolate consumers ate snacks more frequently in the pre- and post-restriction periods compared to the baseline period.
Conclusions: This study suggests that for some individuals, restriction of a preferred food like chocolate may be contraindicated for energy restriction and weight management.
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Link to a related website: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1223&context=open_access_theses, Open Access via Unpaywall
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Copyright 2015 The Obesity Society