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Restrained and unrestrained eating.

C P Herman, D Mack

    Journal of Personality
    |December 1, 1975
    PubMed
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    Relative deprivation, not obesity, significantly impacts eating behaviors. Individuals with high dietary restraint eat more after larger preloads, while low restraint eaters consume less, confirming Nisbett's model.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Behavioral Science
    • Obesity Research

    Background:

    • Nisbett's (1972) model suggests relative deprivation influences eating behavior in both obese and normal-weight individuals.
    • Individual differences in perceived weight relative to a set-point may drive variations in eating patterns.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate if relative deprivation, operationalized as dietary restraint, explains differences in eating behavior within normal-weight individuals.
    • To test Nisbett's model by examining how preload size affects food intake in high versus low restraint eaters.

    Main Methods:

    • Normal-weight participants were categorized into high (hypothetically deprived) and low (non-deprived) restraint groups.
    • Food intake was measured in relation to varying preload sizes.

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    Main Results:

    • High restraint subjects consumed more food as preload size increased.
    • Low restraint subjects ate less as preload size increased, supporting the study's expectations.
    • These findings indicate that dietary restraint significantly modulates eating behavior.

    Conclusions:

    • Relative deprivation, indicated by dietary restraint, is a critical determinant of individual differences in eating behavior.
    • Dietary restraint acts as a behavioral mechanism influencing the expression of physiological hunger cues.
    • The findings challenge the notion that obesity alone dictates eating behavior, highlighting the role of psychological factors.