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Explanations for the success and
failure of dieting.
- The Restraint theory
- The Boundary model
- Developed by Herman and Polivy.
- According to the model, hunger keeps intake of food above a
min and satiety works to keep intake below a max.
- Between these two levels psychological factors have the greatest impact on
consumption, dieter tend to have a larger range between hunger and satiety as
it takes them longer to feel hungry and more food to satisfy them
- In addition restrained eaters have a self-imposed desired
intake, once they have gone over this boundary they continue
to eat until they have reached satiety.
- Developed by Herman and Polivy.
- research suggests that 89% of women in the UK restrain
what they eat some point in their lives.
- Herman and Mack suggest that attempting to not
eat actually increases the probability of eating
- The Boundary model
- Role of denial
- This model shows that attempting to suppress a thought e.g.
food has the opposite effect and you think about it more.
- Wegner and the white bear experiment.
- Partcipants were in 2 conditions, one allowed to think about
the white bear and one who wasnt.
- When they thought about the bear they had to ring a bell.
- Participants allowed to think about the bear pressed the bell significantly
less that those who couldn't think about it.
- When they thought about the bear they had to ring a bell.
- Partcipants were in 2 conditions, one allowed to think about
the white bear and one who wasnt.
- The theory of ironic
process of mental control
- Attempts to suppress thoughts of unhealthy foods or ones you enjoy only serve
to increase the dieters preoccupation with the food they're trying to deny.
- Attempts to suppress thoughts of unhealthy foods or ones you enjoy only serve
to increase the dieters preoccupation with the food they're trying to deny.
- This model shows that attempting to suppress a thought e.g.
food has the opposite effect and you think about it more.
- Detail the success of dieiting
- Redden suggested that the secret success of dieting lies in the attention
we pay to what is being eaten
- He claims people enjoy experiences less if they repeat
them, when dieting this makes it hard to stick to a
particular regime.
- To overcome this he suggest you dont just think of it as another salad but
to look at the detail in the meal such as the type of lettuce used e.g. rocket
- By focusing on the specifics of each meal people get less bored and
so better able to maintain the diet.
- By focusing on the specifics of each meal people get less bored and
so better able to maintain the diet.
- The jelly bean experiment
- Redden gave 135 people 22 jelly beans, one at a time, as each was
dispensed information about it was flashed on a screen.
- one group saw general information such as bean 7 whereas the
others saw more specific details such as the flavour.
- he found people enjoyed the task more if they saw the
details and got bored faster if they saw the general
information.
- Redden gave 135 people 22 jelly beans, one at a time, as each was
dispensed information about it was flashed on a screen.
- Redden suggested that the secret success of dieting lies in the attention
we pay to what is being eaten
- Comentary
- Ironic process of mental control
- Research support
- Soetens provided experimental support , participants were divided into restrained and
unrestrained eaters, the restrained eaters were then divided into high or low
disinhibitions. he found that high restrained group used more suppressing thoughts.
- Soetens provided experimental support , participants were divided into restrained and
unrestrained eaters, the restrained eaters were then divided into high or low
disinhibitions. he found that high restrained group used more suppressing thoughts.
- Limited experimental effects
- As experimental effects go they
are detectable but far from
overwhelming.
- As experimental effects go they
are detectable but far from
overwhelming.
- Research support
- Restraint theory
- Implications for obesity treatment
- The restraint theory suggests that
restraining leads to over eating but the
treatment for obesity is to restrain what
you eat.
- However obesity may not be the result of overeating,
overeating may be a consequence of of obesity if restraint
is recommended as a treatment.
- However obesity may not be the result of overeating,
overeating may be a consequence of of obesity if restraint
is recommended as a treatment.
- The restraint theory suggests that
restraining leads to over eating but the
treatment for obesity is to restrain what
you eat.
- Limited relevance
- Ogden points out that although dieters, bulimics and anorexics report episodes of
overeating behaviour of restricting anorexics cannot be explained using the theory,
if trying not to eat results in overeating how do yo explain the behaviour of anorexics.
- Ogden points out that although dieters, bulimics and anorexics report episodes of
overeating behaviour of restricting anorexics cannot be explained using the theory,
if trying not to eat results in overeating how do yo explain the behaviour of anorexics.
- Implications for obesity treatment
- IDA
- Cultural differences in obesity
- Research has shown that some cultures find it more difficult to lose work than
others, Asia people have a natural inclination to be obese than europeans
- Research has shown that some cultures find it more difficult to lose work than
others, Asia people have a natural inclination to be obese than europeans
- Free will or determinism
- is it likely that there is some genetic mechanisms which
play influence into a persons weight.
- is it likely that there is some genetic mechanisms which
play influence into a persons weight.
- Cultural differences in obesity
- Ironic process of mental control
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