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Food cravings and body weight: a conditioning response
Candice A Myers1, Corby K Martin, John W Apolzan
1Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Obesity
|July 27, 2018
Summary
Interventions like diet, exercise, medication, and surgery can reduce food cravings, influencing body weight. More research is needed on how social factors affect cravings.
Area of Science:
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Behavioral Medicine
- Weight Management
Background:
- Food cravings significantly influence eating behaviors and body weight.
- Understanding interventions that modify food cravings is crucial for weight management strategies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review current interventions impacting food cravings.
- To examine dietary, physical activity, pharmacologic, and bariatric surgery approaches.
- To outline the influence of social determinants and controversies on food cravings.
Main Methods:
- Systematic review of interventions for food cravings.
- Analysis of dietary modifications.
- Evaluation of physical activity, pharmacologic, and surgical interventions.
Main Results:
- Dietary, pharmacologic, and bariatric surgery interventions effectively decrease food cravings.
- Physical activity interventions also show a reduction in food cravings.
- Evidence suggests potential differential responses across demographic and socioeconomic groups, requiring further investigation.
Conclusions:
- Interventions targeting food cravings can lead to reduced consumption of craved foods, independent of energy content.
- Findings support the conditioning model of food cravings.
- Further research is warranted to explore social determinants and refine intervention strategies.
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