FTO affects food cravings and interacts with age to influence age-related decline in food cravings. [PDF]
Physiol Behav, 2018 The fat mass and obesity associated gene (FTO) was the first gene identified by genome-wide association studies to correlate with higher body mass index (BMI) and increased odds of obesity. FTO remains the locus with the largest and most replicated effect on body weight, but the mechanism whereby FTO affects body weight and the development of obesity ...
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Exploring the structural and construct validity of the Brazilian Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait-reduced (FCQ-T-r) [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2018 Objective: Food cravings play an important role in the neurobiology of appetitive behavior, being positively associated with negative feelings, eating disorders, and obesity.
Anna C. Queiroz de Medeiros +2 more
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Differences in Food Craving in Individuals With Obesity With and Without Binge Eating Disorder
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Overeating behavior is supposedly a major contributing factor to weight gain and obesity. Binge eating disorder (BED) with reoccurring episodes of excessive overeating is strongly associated with obesity.
Janina Reents, Anya Pedersen
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A test of four evolutionary hypotheses of pregnancy food cravings: evidence for the social bargaining model [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 The onset of cravings for items not typically desired is often considered a hallmark of pregnancy. Given the ubiquity of cravings, this phenomenon remains surprisingly understudied.
Caitlyn Placek
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Body Appreciation Training and Self-Healing Training for Food Cravings and Weight Control Self-Efficacy among Overweight Women [PDF]
پژوهشنامه روانشناسی مثبت, 2023 Food cravings and weight control self-efficacy are psychological issues that can initially and steadily lead to the phenomenon of overweight. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of body appreciation training and self-healing training ...
Zahra Fathi, Zohreh Latifi
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 In this paper, we explore the current technical possibilities of eating in virtual reality (VR) and show how this could be used to influence eating behaviors. Cue-based exposure therapy is a well-known method used to treat eating disorders.
Nikita Mae Harris +6 more
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Obesities, 2021 Aims: This study’s objective was to verify the level of food cravings and cognitive restraint in women who reported having followed a low-carb diet. Methods: The volunteers filled out the binge eating scale, the cognitive restraint subscale, the food ...
Jônatas Oliveira +1 more
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Effects of bariatric surgery on food cravings: do food cravings and the consumption of craved foods “normalize” after surgery? [PDF]
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 2012 The reported effects of bariatric surgery on food cravings have been inconsistent. Moreover, research has been largely limited to sweet cravings, and no study has examined whether surgery patients' cravings differ from those of normal weight (NW) controls.
Tricia M, Leahey +7 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Mindfulness meditation may improve well-being at work; however, effects on food cravings and metabolic health are not well known. We tested effects of digital meditation, alone or in combination with a healthy eating program, on perceived stress ...
Rachel M Radin +6 more
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Food-specific decentering experiences are associated with reduced food cravings in meditators: a preliminary investigation [PDF]
, 2016 This study examined the association of food-specific decentering experiences with food cravings in a sample of meditators. Decentering refers to viewing one’s thoughts as transient mental events and thus experiencing them as less subjectively real.
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