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Attentional Processing of Food Cues in Overweight and Obese Individuals
The incentive sensitization model of obesity hypothesizes that obese individuals in the western world have acquired an enhanced attention bias to food cues, because of the overwhelming exposure to food. This article gives an overview of recent studies regarding attention to food and obesity. In gene...
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Current Science Inc.
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3342487/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22611523 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13679-012-0011-1 |
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author | Nijs, Ilse M. T. Franken, Ingmar H. A. |
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description | The incentive sensitization model of obesity hypothesizes that obese individuals in the western world have acquired an enhanced attention bias to food cues, because of the overwhelming exposure to food. This article gives an overview of recent studies regarding attention to food and obesity. In general, an interesting approach-avoidance pattern in food-related attention has been found in overweight/obese individuals in a number of studies. However, it should be noted that study results are contradictory. This might be due to methodological issues, such as the choice of attention measurements, possibly tapping different underlying components of information processing. Although attention research is challenging, researchers are encouraged to further explore important issues, such as the exact circumstances in which obese persons demonstrate enhanced attention to food, the directional relationship between food-related attention bias, overeating and weight gain, and the underlying involvement of the reward system. Knowledge on these issues could help improve treatment programs. |
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spelling | pubmed-33424872012-05-16 Attentional Processing of Food Cues in Overweight and Obese Individuals Nijs, Ilse M. T. Franken, Ingmar H. A. Curr Obes Rep Psychological Issues (M Hetherington, Section Editor) The incentive sensitization model of obesity hypothesizes that obese individuals in the western world have acquired an enhanced attention bias to food cues, because of the overwhelming exposure to food. This article gives an overview of recent studies regarding attention to food and obesity. In general, an interesting approach-avoidance pattern in food-related attention has been found in overweight/obese individuals in a number of studies. However, it should be noted that study results are contradictory. This might be due to methodological issues, such as the choice of attention measurements, possibly tapping different underlying components of information processing. Although attention research is challenging, researchers are encouraged to further explore important issues, such as the exact circumstances in which obese persons demonstrate enhanced attention to food, the directional relationship between food-related attention bias, overeating and weight gain, and the underlying involvement of the reward system. Knowledge on these issues could help improve treatment programs. Current Science Inc. 2012-03-28 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3342487/ /pubmed/22611523 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13679-012-0011-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2012 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Psychological Issues (M Hetherington, Section Editor) Nijs, Ilse M. T. Franken, Ingmar H. A. Attentional Processing of Food Cues in Overweight and Obese Individuals |
title | Attentional Processing of Food Cues in Overweight and Obese Individuals |
title_full | Attentional Processing of Food Cues in Overweight and Obese Individuals |
title_fullStr | Attentional Processing of Food Cues in Overweight and Obese Individuals |
title_full_unstemmed | Attentional Processing of Food Cues in Overweight and Obese Individuals |
title_short | Attentional Processing of Food Cues in Overweight and Obese Individuals |
title_sort | attentional processing of food cues in overweight and obese individuals |
topic | Psychological Issues (M Hetherington, Section Editor) |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3342487/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22611523 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13679-012-0011-1 |
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