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Do restrained eaters show increased BMI, food craving and disinhibited eating? A comparison of the Restraint Scale and the Restrained Eating scale of the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire

Different measures of restricted eating have been linked to various dietary practices while employed interchangeably. Due to these variations, it has been challenging for researchers to evaluate data and choose the best measure for their research, which has hindered replication throughout the restraint literature. This study by Adams et al. (2019) compared the Restraint Scale […]

To eat or not to eat: Effects of food availability on reward system activity during food picture viewing

Blechert et al. (2016) hypothesized that food readily available for eating may elicit stronger reward system activity and associated cognitive control than foods that are not accessible at that time point, and believes energy density may have a role in this effect. This study tested this theory by collecting functional magnetic resonance images on 32 […]