title: Pre-exposure to diet-congruent food reduces energy intake in restrained dieting women.
abstract: Dietary restriction often fails in the face of tempting and palatable foods; however there is evidence that exposure to diet-congruent cues, such as foods associated with 'slimming' may facilitate control over food intake. The present study examined the effect of exposure to a diet-congruent food on subsequent energy intake in active dieters. Using a within-subjects design, restrained eaters who were currently on a diet (n = 13) and unrestrained non-dieters (n = 21) were exposed to a tempting food cue (chocolate) and a diet-congruent food cue (fruit orange) on two separate testing sessions, and subsequent snack intake was measured. Unrestrained non-dieters consumed similar amounts of snack food across conditions, whilst restrained dieters consumed 60% less chocolate (kcal) after exposure to the diet cue compared to the tempting cue. Exposure to a diet-congruent food cues may help dieters control energy intake when tempted by palatable food.
authors.affiliation: University of Leeds, Institute of Psychological Sciences, Leeds LS2 9JT, England, United Kingdom. psnjb@leeds.ac.uk
authors.forename: Nicola J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Buckland
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Finlayson
authors.forename: Marion M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hetherington
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003463:Cues; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology*; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cue exposure; Dieting; Energy intake; Goal priming; Restrained eating