"Extravagances" during weight reduction, an analysis of food preference and selection.
As part of a behavioural modification programme for weight reduction in outpatients, obese clients [body mass index (BMI) 41.5+/-5.9 kg/m2], planned to eat once a week, an "extravagance", defined as a highly desired food in controlled quantities. Women (N=65) chose sweets as an "extravagance" more often than did men (42 vs. 17%), whereas men (N=21) preferred alcoholic beverages (44 vs. 16%). The majority described eating the "extravagance" as an enjoyable experience. Fifty out of 69 patients named a food dish as one of the three things that they liked best to eat or drink, 39 listed different kinds of sweets and 29 had a preference for alcoholic beverages. Foods that the patients perceived as a potential contribution to their weight problems were mainly sweets, food dishes and sandwiches.
Obesity Unit, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
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D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*; D015431:Weight Loss