| Information processing of food cues in overweight and normal weight adolescents. | |
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PMID: 17456287 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: Based on cognitive theory (CT), the aim of this study is to investigate the cognitive processing of food cues in clinically overweight adolescents. DESIGN: An experimental design with performance-based measures. METHODS: Eighty-seven (45 overweight, 42 normal weight) adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 years were examined. All completed an imbedded word task (IWT), containing high caloric food words and matched control words, as a measure of attention interference. A free-recall task was used to detect explicit memory biases. To study the effects of cognitive avoidance, participants were instructed to suppress thoughts about food or merely to monitor them, prior to completing the IWT and memory task. RESULTS: No evidence was found for interference in the attention processing of food cues. Also, no effects of thought suppression were found. However, consistent with hypotheses, the overweight adolescents did show an explicit memory bias for food stimuli, not due to a more general negative evaluation of food words. CONCLUSIONS: The results provide at least partial support for the applicability of CT to adolescent obesity. The study was the first to reveal a memory bias for high caloric food cues in overweight youngsters, which may well reflect a later-stage activation of food-related schemata. These may play a role in food-related preoccupations and overeating. The existence of an early-stage attention bias is less clear and requires further investigation. |
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Authors:
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Barbara Soetens; Caroline Braet |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: British journal of health psychology Volume: 12 ISSN: 1359-107X ISO Abbreviation: Br J Health Psychol Publication Date: 2007 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-04-25 Completed Date: 2007-06-29 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9605409 Medline TA: Br J Health Psychol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 285-304 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium. Barbara.Soetens@Lessius.eu |
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Adolescent Analysis of Variance Attention* Child Cognition* Cues* Feeding Behavior / psychology* Female Humans Male Matched-Pair Analysis Obesity / psychology* Psychological Theory |
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