Trial reportObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2017
Frequency of Consuming Foods Predicts Changes in Cravings for Those Foods During Weight Loss: The POUNDS Lost Study.
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- Effects of caloric restriction on human physiological, psychological, and behavioral outcomes: highlights from CALERIE phase 2.Nutrition reviews · 2021Trial
- The effects of the form of sugar (solid vs. beverage) on body weight and fMRI activation: A randomized controlled pilot study.PloS one · 2021Trial
- Which strategies to manage problem foods were related to weight loss in a randomized clinical trial?Appetite · 2020Trial
- Changes in Food Cravings and Eating Behavior after a Dietary Carbohydrate Restriction Intervention Trial.Nutrients · 2019Trial
- Change in self-efficacy, eating behaviors and food cravings during two years of calorie restriction in humans without obesity.Appetite · 2019Trial
- Increasing low-energy-dense foods and decreasing high-energy-dense foods differently influence weight loss trial outcomes.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2018Trial
- Beyond Sex Differences: Body Composition and Dietary Behaviors.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Adaptation of Food Craving Inventory to Turkish culture: a validity and reliability study.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- The food craving inventory in an Iranian population: post-hoc validation and individual differences.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Article
- The Psychology of Food Cravings: the Role of Food Deprivation.Current nutrition reports · 2020Review
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- Lessons Learned from the POUNDS Lost Study: Genetic, Metabolic, and Behavioral Factors Affecting Changes in Body Weight, Body Composition, and Cardiometabolic Risk.Current obesity reports · 2019Review
- Food cravings and body weight: a conditioning response.Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity · 2018Review
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Abstract
objectiveFood cravings are thought to be the result of conditioning or pairing hunger with consumption of certain foods.
methodsIn a 2-year weight loss trial, subjects were randomized to one of four diets that varied in macronutrient content. The Food Craving Inventory (FCI) was used to measure cravings at baseline and at 6 and 24 months. Food intake was also measured at those time points. To measure free-living consumption of food items measured in the FCI, items on the FCI were matched to the foods consumed from the food intake assessments. Secondarily, the amount of food consumed on food intake assessments from foods on the FCI was analyzed.
resultsThree hundred and sixty-seven subjects with overweight and obesity were included. There was an association between change from baseline FCI item consumption and change in cravings at months 6 (P < 0.001) and 24 (P < 0.05). There was no association between change from baseline amount of energy consumed per FCI item and change in cravings.
conclusionsAltering frequency of consuming craved foods is positively associated with cravings; however, changing the amount of foods consumed does not appear to alter cravings. These results support the conditioning model of food cravings and provide guidance on how to reduce food cravings.
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