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Episodic future thinking reduces eating in a food court
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Episodic future thinking (EFT) is the psychological process of vividly imagining a future event, and this process has been shown to reduce overeating in the laboratory. To assess the efficacy of EFT in the natural environment, twenty-nine overweight or obese women who wanted to improve their eating habits were randomly assigned to one of two smartphone-implemented interventions--EFT or control episodic recent thinking (ERT)--while they ate dinner in a public food court. Results showed a reduction in consumption of total calories, a reduction in percent calories from fat, and an increase in percent calories from protein for EFT versus ERT. These data suggest EFT may be used to modify eating habits in natural eating environments, and may show potential as a component of behavioral obesity interventions.
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“engaging in episodic future thinking reduces calorie intake in both female undergraduates (71) and in overweight or obese women (72–73)”
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Metadata
- Authors
- O'Neill, J., Daniel, T. O., & Epstein, L. H.
- Affiliations
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
- Corresponding author
- Epstein, Leonard H.
- Venue
- Eating Behaviors
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-01
- Volume
- 20
- Pages
- 9-13
- ISSN
- 1471-0153 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9188833
- OpenAlex
- W1866177892
- Cited by
- 157
- References
- 21
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 62 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 6
- FWCI
- 7.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Eating Behaviors (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (UO1 DK088380, U01DK088380)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Keywords
- episodic future thinking, dietary habits, obesity, overweight women, smartphone-based intervention, food court, energy intake, dietary fat intake, protein intake
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Energy Intake, Choice Behavior, Cues, Eating, Female, Humans, Hyperphagia, Middle Aged, Obesity, Restaurants, Thinking, Cell Phone, Overweight, Memory, Episodic
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