title: Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we diet: effects of anticipated deprivation on food intake in restrained and unrestrained eaters.
abstract: This study examined the effect of anticipated food deprivation on intake in restrained and unrestrained eaters. Participants were randomly assigned to a diet condition, in which they expected to diet for a week, or to a control (no-diet) condition. Immediately after being assigned to a condition, participants completed a taste-rating task in which food consumption was measured. Restrained eaters in the diet condition consumed significantly more food than did restrained eaters in the no-diet condition or unrestrained eaters in either condition. Unrestrained eaters consumed the same amount regardless of condition. These results confirm that merely planning to go on a diet can trigger overeating in restrained eaters, reflecting the dynamic connection between dieting and overeating.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors: Dax
authors: D
authors: Urbszat
authors: C Peter
authors: CP
authors: Herman
authors: Janet
authors: J
authors: Polivy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology*; D004326:Drinking; D004435:Eating; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005508:Food Deprivation; D006801:Humans; D012649:Self Concept; D012718:Set, Psychology; D013649:Taste