Distress and eating: why do dieters overeat?
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Dieters eat more when worried or threatened to seek to distract their attention from their current failure, according to research investigating various hypothesized explanations for the increase in eating of dieters distressed by an ego threat. However, dieters do not eat in order to feel good or for comfort. Indeed, they tend to feel worse after eating when distressed. There is evidence that distressed dieters may feel helpless about their diet, giving it up as being unlikely to succeed in any case.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 1999
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Dieting behavior and eating attitudes in Israeli children
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A study conducted on 186 students of Grades 3 to 6 and 290 students of Grades 7 to 11 from schools in Jerusalem revealed that girls were more preoccupied with dieting when compared to the boys. The weight consciousness increased in girls and decreased in boys as they became older. The study indicated that the desire to lose weight started very early in both sexes, however by the eighth grade, girls are more concerned with thinness than are boys.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 1995
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Effects of exposure to unrealistic promises about dieting: Are unrealistic expectations about dieting inspirational?
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The false-hope syndrome suggests that unrealistic expectations about dieting set dieters up for failure and then promote renewed efforts at weight loss. Studies show that restrained eaters had higher expectations for themselves than did unrestrained eaters, and restrained and unrestrained eaters had similar expectations concerning dieting for others.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 2005
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