Pilot test of brief instructions to improve the self-management of general food cravings
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Date
2018-05-29
Authors
Chapman, Janine
Zientara, Jacquelyn
Wilson, Carlene J
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Elsevier
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© 2018 Elsevier.
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Abstract
Objective. To provide a preliminary investigation into the impact of brief online acceptance-based
vs. control-based techniques to self-manage food cravings in women.
Method. Female participants (N = 151) were randomised to ‘acceptance’ or ‘control’ groups. Measures of
general food cravings (primary outcome), and depression, anxiety and stress (secondary
outcomes) were taken at baseline, two weeks and four weeks.
Results. Linear mixed models showed a significant group x time interaction, with food cravings significantly reduced in the
thought-control group compared to the acceptance group over four weeks, along with a
reduction in food consumption. Levels of depression, anxiety and stress decreased over the
course of the study, but did not differ by group.
Conclusion: These findings provide
preliminary support for the acceptability of a minimal technique to self-manage food cravings
without deleterious effects, and suggest that simple control-based techniques may be useful in
non-clinical, real-world settings.
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Keywords
food cravings
Citation
Chapman, J., Zientara, J., & Wilson, C. (2018). Pilot test of brief instructions to improve the self-management of general food cravings. Eating Behaviors, 30, 88–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2018.05.010