ReviewCurrent nutrition reports2020
The Psychology of Food Cravings: the Role of Food Deprivation.
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- Cultural and Sex-Related Differences in Free-Word Associations with "Sweets": A Multinational Online Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
- The MotivATE randomized controlled trial: treating food addiction with adapted motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy versus a waitlist control condition.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators for consuming a plant-based diet in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a qualitative study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Socio-demographic, dietary, exercise, and mental health factors associated with food addiction symptoms in university students.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2025Article
- Portion Estimation, Satiety Perception and Energy Intake Following Different Breakfast Portion Sizes in Healthy Adults.Nutrition bulletin · 2025Article
- Food cravings are associated with increased self-regulation, even in the face of strong instigation habits: A longitudinal study of the transition to plant-based eating.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2025Article
- The Potential Utility of GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Medications for Addiction Treatment: A Narrative Review of Clinical and Epidemiological Evidence.Current addiction reports · 2025Article
- Associations between appetite loss and clinical features as well as inflammatory cytokines in adolescents with major depressive disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Advances in Understanding the Interplay between Dietary Practices, Body Composition, and Sports Performance in Athletes.Nutrients · 2024Review
- The moderating role of food cravings in the relationship between weight suppression and eating disorder psychopathology in college students.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Patients' Pre and Post-Bariatric Surgery Experience of Dieting Behaviours: Implications for Early Intervention.Obesity surgery · 2023Article
- Validity and Reliability of the Arabic Version of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R18.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Eliciting real cravings with virtual food: Using immersive technologies to explore the effects of food stimuli in virtual reality.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Fasting diets: what are the impacts on eating behaviors, sleep, mood, and well-being?Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Review
- The Restrain Food Database: validation of an open-source database of foods that should be eaten more or less as part of a healthy diet.Royal Society open science · 2022Article
- Gut-brain mechanisms underlying changes in disordered eating behaviour after bariatric surgery: a review.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2022Review
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Abstract
purpose of reviewDieting is often blamed for causing food cravings. Such diet-induced cravings may be mediated by physiological (e.g., nutritional deprivation) or psychological (e.g., ironic effects of food thought suppression) mechanisms. However, this notion is often based on cross-sectional findings and, thus, the causal role of food deprivation on food cravings is unclear. RECENT
findingsExperimental studies suggest that a short-term, selective food deprivation seems to indeed increase cravings for the avoided foods. However, experimental studies also show that food craving can be understood as a conditioned response that, therefore, can also be unlearned. This is supported by intervention studies which indicate that long-term energy restriction results in a reduction of food cravings in overweight adults. Dieting's bad reputation for increasing food cravings is only partially true as the relationship between food restriction and craving is more complex. While short-term, selective food deprivation may indeed increase food cravings, long-term energy restriction seems to decrease food cravings, suggesting that food deprivation can also facilitate extinction of conditioned food craving responses.
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