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1
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% of UK female pop that has consciously restrained their intake of food at some point

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89%

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The boundary model

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Herman + Polivy

Hunger keeps intake of food above a certain minimum + satiety works to keep intake below some maximum level

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Explain the boundary model

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Dieters tend to have a larger range between hunger + satiety levels as it takes them longer to feel hungry + more food to satisfy them

Restrained eaters have a self-imposed desired intake. Once they have gone over this boundary they continue to eat til satiety

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White bear

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Wegener et al

Asked p’s not to think about a WB but to ring bell if they did + other to think about WB

Results: Those told not to think about WB rang their bells more often

Attempting to suppress or deny a thought frequently has the opposite effect = making it more prominant

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Theory of ironic processes of mental control

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As dieters try to suppress thoughts about foods deemed to be forbidden as part of diet = increases dieters’ preoccupation with the very foods they are trying to deny

Food denied = more attractive

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Detail

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Redden = secret of successful dieting lies in the attention we pay to what is being eaten

People usually like experiences less as they repeat them = makes it harder to stick to a particular regime

We should focus on details of meal = people get bored less easily + better able to maintain their diet

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Jelly Beans

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Redden gave P’s 22 jelly beans each, on at a time

As each bean dispensed = info shown on comp

Group 1: saw bean number 1,2 etc

Group 2: saw specific flavor details

Group 1 got bored with fasting beans faster

Group 2: enjoyed task more

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Obesity treatment

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Restraint = excess

However the treatment for obesity is restraint

Failed attempts to diet can leave obese indis depressed + unable to control weight

Overeating may be a consequence of obesity if restrain is treatment

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Limited relevance

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Ogden

Doesn’t explain behaviour of restricting anorexics using restraint theory

If trying not to eat = overeating, the how do anorexics manage to starve themselves?

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Theory of Ironic Processes Support

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P’s divided into restrained + unrestrained eaters

Restrained group used more thought suppression than other = showed rebound effect

Shows restrained eaters who tend to overeat try to suppress thoughts about foods more often, but when they do, think more about foods afterwards

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TIP limited experimental effects

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Wegner admits ironic effects observed in research are detectable but far from overwhelming

Such effects may underlie more serious pathological forms of eating behaviour, their influence could be considered overwhelming in terms of everyday human cost

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Anti-dieting programmes

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Concerns of ineffectiveness + damaging effects of may diet programmes = led to development of healthy eating programmes

= emphasise regulation by body hunger + satiety signals + prevention of inappropriate attitudes to food

META = Programmes associated with improvements in both eating behaviour + psychological wellbeing + weight stability

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Cultural Bias in Obesity Research

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Some cultures find it harder to diet successfully because of natural inclination to obesity

Asian adults are more prone to obesity than Europeans

Asian children + adolescents have a greater central fat mass when compared with Europeans + other ethnic groups

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Does dieting make you dumb?

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Compared to the non-dieting women, those on low-calorie diets processed this info more slowly + took longer to react

Preoccupation with body shape, food restriction + dieting experience typical of a ‘crash diet’ may overload the dieter’s mental capacity

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Wardle + Beales

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Assigned obese women to either diet group, exercise group or non treatment group

Weeks 4 + 6 = P’s assessed in Lab conditions

Weeks 4: food intake + appetite were assessed before + after preload (milkshake or chocolate)

Week 6: food intake assessed under stressed conditions

In both conditions women in diet condition are more than women in exercise + non-treatment group

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Free Will or Determinism

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Number of genetic mechanisms exert an influence on weight = suggests success of failure of dieting may be determined by factors other than an individual’s choice of lifestyle

Weight loss activated the gene producing LPL enzyme = may explain why it is easier for a dieter to regain lost weight than for someone who has never been obese to put it on

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Hunger

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Keeps intake of food above a certain minimum

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Satiety

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Works to keep intake below maximum level