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Psychological effects of dieting
Author(s) -
Warren Clare,
Cooper Peter J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1988.tb00787.x
Subject(s) - dieting , psychology , mood , cognition , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , depressed mood , weight loss , psychiatry , obesity , medicine
Seven men and seven women, all of normal weight, were assessed by means of daily visual analogue scales for a two‐week baseline period and for two weeks during which they were placed on a calorie‐restricted diet. There were no significant changes in mood and no sex differences. Compared with the baseline, during the diet there were significant changes in their cognitions concerning eating: subjects were more preoccupied with thoughts about food, had strong urges to eat more frequently and were more likely to feel out of control of their eating.