title: The association between dispositional self-control and longitudinal changes in eating behaviors, diet quality, and BMI.
abstract: In a random sample from the general population (N = 2781, 46% males), a longitudinal survey was conducted. The association between dispositional self-control and changes in eating behaviours and diet quality was analysed between the first wave (2010) and the last wave (2014). Results show that the higher the dispositional self-control, the lower the increase in overeating behaviours (emotional eating, external eating, ambivalence towards palatable food and overeating), and BMI and the larger the improvement in healthy diet over time. Self-control was not associated with changes in dietary restraint. This is one of the first studies suggesting that dispositional self-control is associated with changes in eating behaviours and healthy food intake over time.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Sciences and Technology , Consumer Behavior, ETH Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Sciences and Technology , Consumer Behavior, ETH Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health Sciences and Technology , Consumer Behavior, ETH Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siegrist
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004032:Diet / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D000068356:Self-Control / Q000523:psychology*; D013557:Switzerland
keywords: Dispositional self-control; eating behaviours; health behaviours; longitudinal changes; weight