Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31504090›Full record

Trial reportAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2020

Acute Effect of Eating Sweets on Alcohol Cravings in a Sample with At-Risk Drinking.

Jenna R Cummings, Lara A Ray, Peter Nooteboom, A Janet Tomiyama

Open access · bronzeAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Trial report in Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jenna R CummingsDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Lara A RayDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Peter NooteboomDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
A Janet TomiyamaDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Training in Developmental Science to Improve Child Health and Well-BeingT32HD079350 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LUMENG, JULIE C · 2015 to 2019
$1.2M
NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD079350
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlcohol craving, or the desire to drink alcohol, has been identified as a key experience preceding alcohol use. Alcoholics Anonymous has long claimed that individuals can allay alcohol cravings by eating sweets. Empirical tests of this strategy are limited to a few preclinical studies in rats, and there is no existing experiment testing the acute effect of eating sweets on alcohol cravings in humans. PURPOSE: The current study sought to experimentally test the acute effect of eating sweets on alcohol cravings in a sample with at-risk drinking.

methodsAfter being exposed to an alcohol cue, individuals with at-risk drinking (N = 150) were randomly assigned to eat sweets (n = 60), eat calorie-equivalent bland food (n = 60), or watch a video (n = 30). Caloric amounts were manipulated. Individuals with at-risk drinking were then exposed to a second alcohol cue. Changes in alcohol cravings from after the first to after the second alcohol cue were measured via visual analog scale and heart rate.

resultsThere were no significant between-group differences in changes in alcohol cravings. Caloric amounts did not modify effects.

conclusionsExperimental findings did not provide evidence to support the clinical lore that eating sweets can reduce alcohol cravings, albeit only acutely and for those with at-risk drinking. Other empirically supported strategies for managing alcohol cravings (e.g., pharmacotherapies, mindfulness) could instead be promoted.

Indexed as

AdultAlcoholismCravingCuesDietary CarbohydratesFemaleHeart RateHumansMaleOutcome Assessment, Health CareYoung AdultDietary CarbohydratesAlcohol cravingsAlcoholics AnonymousAt-risk drinkingSweets

Identifiers

PMID31504090
PMCPMC7309582
OpenAlexW2970188988

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.