Open AccessHedonic hunger prospectively predicts onset and maintenance of loss of control eating among college women.
Author(s) -
Michael R. Lowe,
Danielle Arigo,
Meghan L. Butryn,
Jennifer R. Gilbert,
David B. Sarwer,
Eric Stice
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000291
Subject(s) - binge eating , feeling , pleasure , psychology , disordered eating , eating disorders , clinical psychology , overeating , depression (economics) , eating attitudes test , affect (linguistics) , obesity , medicine , social psychology , psychotherapist , communication , economics , macroeconomics
The subjective feeling of loss of control (LOC) over eating is common among eating-disordered individuals and has predicted weight gain in past research. Restrained eating and negative affect are risk factors for binge eating (which involves LOC), but intense feelings of pleasure derived from palatable foods might also predict the emergence or intensification of LOC eating. The Power of Food Scale (PFS) assesses preoccupation with the pleasure derived from palatable food.