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ArticlePublic health nutrition2018

Battle of plates: a pilot study of an approach-avoidance training for overweight children and adolescents.

Petra Warschburger, Michaela Gmeiner, Marisa Morawietz, Mike Rinck

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Article in Public health nutrition, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Petra Warschburger1Department of Psychology,University of Potsdam,Karl-Liebknechtstrasse 24-25,14476 Potsdam,Germany.
Michaela Gmeiner1Department of Psychology,University of Potsdam,Karl-Liebknechtstrasse 24-25,14476 Potsdam,Germany.
Marisa Morawietz1Department of Psychology,University of Potsdam,Karl-Liebknechtstrasse 24-25,14476 Potsdam,Germany.
Mike Rinck2Behavioural Science Institute,Radboud University of Nijmegen,Nijmegen,The Netherlands.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveApproach-avoidance training (AAT) is a promising approach in obesity treatment. The present study examines whether an AAT is feasible and able to influence approach tendencies in children and adolescents, comparing implicit and explicit training approaches. Design/Setting/Subjects Fifty-nine overweight children and adolescents (aged 8-16 years; twenty-six boys) participated in an AAT for food cues, learning to reject snack items and approach vegetable items. Reaction times in the AAT and an implicit association test (IAT) were assessed pre- and post-intervention.

resultsA significant increase in the AAT compatibility scores with a large effect (η 2=0·18) was found. No differences between the implicit and explicit training approaches and no change in the IAT scores were observed.

conclusionsAutomatic tendencies in children can be trained, too. The implementation of AAT in the treatment of obesity might support the modification of an unhealthy nutrition behaviour pattern. Further data from randomized controlled clinical trials are needed.

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Avoidance LearningInhibition, PsychologicalAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorAppetiteBody Mass IndexCandyChildChild BehaviorChoice BehaviorCluster AnalysisCuesFemaleFood PreferencesFruitHealth BehaviorApproach–avoidanceChildFeasibility studyInterventionObesity

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PMID29108530
PMCPMC10261050

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