scholarly journals Does dieting make you fat?

2004 ◽  
Vol 92 (S1) ◽  
pp. S15-S18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Binge Eating ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Weight Control ◽  
Dietary Restraint ◽  
Restrained Eaters ◽  
Prospective Data ◽  
Metabolic Adaptations ◽  
Disinhibited Eating ◽  
Treatment Of Obesity

Dieting Makes You Fat, the title of a 1980s book on weight control, is a popularised paradox, conveying a conclusion that is consistent with personal experience and the reported failure of most dietary approaches in the treatment of obesity. Few studies have been designed specifically to test this association. Yet there are prospective data showing that baseline dieting or dietary restraint increases the risk of weight gain, especially in women. Metabolic adaptations and the disinhibited eating of restrained eaters have been the most commonly cited explanations for such weight gain. Dietary restraint has also been implicated in the development and persistence of binge eating. The present paper critically evaluates the evidence supporting this paradox and reaches a rather different conclusion.

scholarly journals Effects of regular self-weighing on weight management: restrained and unrestrained eaters in first-year university.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Strimas
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Weight Management ◽  
Weight Control ◽  
The Body ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
First Year ◽  
Restrained Eaters ◽  
Unrestrained Eaters ◽  
First Year University

Obesity poses a global health concern. Prevention has emphasized the utility of weight monitoring, but its effect on restrained eaters is unstudied. This study examined the interactive effects of self-weighing and restrained eating on the body mass index of first-year university students over a three-month period. Participants (N = 100) were randomized into one of three groups: Group 1 (n = 36) weighed themselves daily; Group 2 (n = 31) weighed themselves weekly; and Group 3 (n = 33) measured their heart rate weekly. Results revealed that weekly weighing assisted in weight control among restrained eaters, while daily weighing led to significant weight gain (p = 0.003). There was modest support for the utility of regular weighing to assist in the prevention of weight gain among unrestrained eaters. Overall findings suggest that interventions designed to aid in weight control should be implemented judiciously. Further consideration of individual differences may ultimately help to tailor clinical and public health recommendations aimed at weight management.

scholarly journals Switching to Aripiprazole as a Strategy for Weight Reduction: A Meta-Analysis in Patients Suffering from Schizophrenia

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoram Barak ◽  
Dov Aizenberg
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Weight Reduction ◽  
Treatment Strategy ◽  
Pharmacological Treatment ◽  
Weight Control ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Significant Finding ◽  
Prevention And Treatment ◽  
Treatment Of Obesity ◽  
Induce Weight Gain

Weight gain is one of the major drawbacks associated with the pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia. Existing strategies for the prevention and treatment of obesity amongst these patients are disappointing. Switching the current antipsychotic to another that may favorably affect weight is not yet fully established in the psychiatric literature. This meta-analysis focused on switching to aripiprazole as it has a pharmacological and clinical profile that may result in an improved weight control. Nine publications from seven countries worldwide were analyzed. These encompassed 784 schizophrenia and schizoaffective patients, 473 (60%) men and 311 (40%) women, mean age years. The major significant finding was a mean weight reduction by  kgs following the switch to aripiprazole (). Switching to an antipsychotic with a lower propensity to induce weight gain needs be explored as a strategy. Our analysis suggests aripiprazole as a candidate for such a treatment strategy.

Dietary Restraint as a Predictor of Reported Weight Loss and Affect

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1679-1682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marika Tiggemann
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Weight Change ◽  
Dietary Restraint ◽  
Restrained Eaters ◽  
Weight Changes ◽  
Permanent Change ◽  
Chronic Dieting ◽  
Unrestrained Eaters

This study investigated dietary restraint as a predictor of subsequent reported weight loss. Neither chronic dieters nor nondieters reported actually losing weight over a 7-mo. period. With respect to recent weight change, restrained eaters reported both more recent weight loss and more recent weight gain than unrestrained eaters. Further, such weight changes had a much larger influence on their affect. It was concluded that chronic dieting is likely to produce temporary swings in both weight and mood but no permanent change. As such, chronic dieters might best be advised to abandon their dieting attempts.

scholarly journals Effects of regular self-weighing on weight management: restrained and unrestrained eaters in first-year university.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Strimas
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Weight Management ◽  
Weight Control ◽  
The Body ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
First Year ◽  
Restrained Eaters ◽  
Unrestrained Eaters ◽  
First Year University

Obesity poses a global health concern. Prevention has emphasized the utility of weight monitoring, but its effect on restrained eaters is unstudied. This study examined the interactive effects of self-weighing and restrained eating on the body mass index of first-year university students over a three-month period. Participants (N = 100) were randomized into one of three groups: Group 1 (n = 36) weighed themselves daily; Group 2 (n = 31) weighed themselves weekly; and Group 3 (n = 33) measured their heart rate weekly. Results revealed that weekly weighing assisted in weight control among restrained eaters, while daily weighing led to significant weight gain (p = 0.003). There was modest support for the utility of regular weighing to assist in the prevention of weight gain among unrestrained eaters. Overall findings suggest that interventions designed to aid in weight control should be implemented judiciously. Further consideration of individual differences may ultimately help to tailor clinical and public health recommendations aimed at weight management.

Binge eating, weight gain and psychosocial adjustment in patients with bipolar disorder

2009 ◽  
Vol 169 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Castrogiovanni ◽  
Isabella Soreca ◽  
Daniela Troiani ◽  
Mauro Mauri
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Binge Eating ◽  
Psychosocial Adjustment

scholarly journals Psychosocial Characteristics and Gestational Weight Change among Overweight, African American Pregnant Women

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly C. Allison ◽  
Brian H. Wrotniak ◽  
Emmanuelle Paré ◽  
David B. Sarwer
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Binge Eating ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Gestational Weight Gain ◽  
Depressed Mood ◽  
Psychosocial Variable ◽  
Night Eating ◽  
Gestational Weight ◽  
Cognitive Restraint

Objectives. To describe psychosocial factors identified as contributors of weight gain in the general population and to examine the relationship between these factors and gestational weight gain among low socioeconomic status, African American, overweight pregnant women.Methods. African American women (n=120) with a pregravid body mass index≥25 kg/m2completed measures of eating, sleep, and depressed mood between 14 and 24 weeks of gestation. Weight was tracked. Descriptive statistics, correlations, and linear regression modeling were used to characterize the sample and examine predictors of gestational weight gain.Results. Four percent screened positive for night eating syndrome, with 32% consuming at least 25% of their daily caloric intake after dinner (evening hyperphagia). None met criteria for binge eating disorder; 4% reported occasional binge episodes. Cognitive restraint over eating was low. Participants slept 7.1 (SD=1.9) h per night and reported 4.3 (SD=3.6) awakenings per week; 18% reported some level of depressed mood. Night and binge eating were related to each other, sleep quality, and depressed mood. Eating due to cravings was the only psychosocial variable to predict gestational weight gain.Conclusions. Depressed mood, night eating, and nighttime awakenings were common in this cohort, while cognitive restraint over eating was low. Most psychosocial variables were not predictive of excess gestational weight gain.

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