Trial reportInternational journal of obesity (2005)2025
Ostracism, cortisol reactivity, and motivation for high-calorie food in children and adolescents with obesity.
Trial report in International journal of obesity (2005), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Loneliness, problematic digital media use, and nutritional-metabolic vulnerability in adolescents from single-parent households: an integrative review of eating- and sleep-related pathways.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- The Stress of Being Left Out: Physiological and Behavioral Responses to Ostracism in Preverbal Infants.Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant StudiesArticle
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Abstract
objectiveExperiencing ostracism (i.e., social exclusion) may impact self-regulatory eating behaviors, particularly in youths with excess weight. Yet, research in pediatric patients with obesity is lacking. Hence, we examined the effect of Virtual Reality(VR)-based ostracism on motivation for food in children and adolescents with BMI ≥97
methodsIn a randomized experimental between-subject design, forty-one patients (M
resultsResults indicate that the experience of social exclusion in youths with obesity leads to a blunted salivary cortisol response; in contrast, no effects of social exclusion on the sympathetic nervous system were observed. Social exclusion was associated with an increased perceived threat to fundamental social needs. Similarly, ostracized participants demonstrated heightened self-regulatory behaviors regarding their motivation for high-calorie food intake, selecting fewer grams of sweets following social exclusion. Furthermore, ostracism tended to increase helping behavior post-exclusion, although this effect was not significant. Self-reported urge to eat and stress levels during the experiment showed no significant effect.
conclusionOstracism-induced reduction of motivation for food suggests that affiliative behaviors like increasing compliance regarding eating behaviors may play a role in youths with obesity with BMI ≥97 CLINICAL
trial registrationAs this study does not constitute a clinical trial, the study design and analyses plans were not preregistered.
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