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Are dietary restraint scales valid measures of dietary restriction? Additional objective behavioral and biological data suggest not

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Stice, Eric, Sysko, Robyn, Roberto, Christina A., Allison, Shelley·2010·Appetite

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Prospective studies find that individuals with elevated dietary restraint scores are at increased risk for bulimic symptom onset, yet experiments find that assignment to energy-deficit diet interventions reduce bulimic symptoms. One explanation for the conflicting findings is that the dietary restraint scales used in the former studies do not actually identify individuals who are restraining their caloric intake. Thus, we tested whether dietary restraint scales showed inverse relations to objectively measured caloric intake in three studies. Four dietary restraint scales did not correlate with doubly labeled water estimates of caloric intake over a 2-week period (M, r=.01). One scale showed a significant inverse correlation with objectively measured caloric intake during a regular meal ordered from an ecologically valid menu (M, r=-.30), but a significant positive relation that was qualified by a significant quadratic effect, to objectively measured caloric intake during multiple eating episodes in the lab (M, r=.32). In balance, results suggest that dietary restraint scales are not valid measures of dietary restriction, replicating findings from prior studies that examined objective measures of caloric intake.

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Authors
Stice, E., Sysko, R., Roberto, C. A., & Allison, S.
Affiliations
  • Oregon Research Institute (US)
  • New York State Psychiatric Institute (US)
  • Yale University (US)
Corresponding author
Stice, Eric
Venue
Appetite
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-04
Volume
54
Issue
2
Pages
331-339
ISSN
0195-6663 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2076421689
Cited by
166
References
84
Citations by year
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FWCI
9.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Appetite (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Rudd Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH042206, MH-42206, T32MH015144)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK072932, DK72932)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
dietary restraint, scale validity, energy intake, energy deficit diet, bulimic symptoms, doubly labeled water, dietary habits
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Energy Intake, Diet, Reducing, Eating, Feeding Behavior, Female, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Bulimia Nervosa, Young Adult, Binge-Eating Disorder

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