Restraint, food choice, and cognitions.
Restrained eaters were hypothesized to prefer high kilocalorie (KCAL) food when given a choice of both high and low KCAL foods after consuming a high KCAL preload. Study 1 found no differences between restrained and unrestrained eaters in food choice in either preload condition. Study 2 found that preloaded subjects preferred lower KCAL foods than subjects in the no preload condition. Both restrained and unrestrained eaters ate less food after consuming a high KCAL preload than after no preload. Preloaded restrained eaters expressed a greater number of control-related thoughts regarding food than any other group; however, these thoughts did not mediate disinhibited eating. Implications for restraint theory are discussed.
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Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454-1015.
D000328:Adult; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology*; D002149:Energy Intake; D015444:Exercise; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D015430:Weight Gain