Development and validation of the food cue responsivity scale
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Food cues are ubiquitous in today's environment; however, there is heterogeneity as to the extent to which these cues impact eating behavior among individuals. This study examines the validity and reliability of the Food Cue Responsivity Scale (FCRS) to assess responsivity to distinct types of food cues. Items gathered from existing measures were combined in the FCRS to reflect two subdomains, uncontrolled eating behavior and cognitive rumination. The criterion validity of the FCRS was established using a paradigm that assesses psychophysiological responsivity to a craved food among adults with overweight or obesity. Higher overall FCRS scores were associated with greater physiological responsivity to food exposures. These findings may help identify specific phenotypes of individuals with overweight or obesity with high responsivity to food cues, which could be used to understand overeating and response to weight-loss programs.
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The Food Cue Responsivity Scale was developed by Sim and colleagues by combining items from pre-existing scales to assess reactivity to distinct types of food cues across uncontrolled eating behavior and cognitive rumination.
“One example of a questionnaire that can be used to assess psychological manifestations of food cue reactivity is the Food Cue Responsivity Scale [70], which was recently developed by Sim and colleagues by combining items from pre-existing scales aimed at assessing reactivity to distinct types of food cues across two subdomains: uncontrolled eating behavior and cognitive rumination.”
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- Authors
- Kang Sim, D. E., Eichen, D. M., Strong, D. R., Manzano, M. A., & Boutelle, K. N.
- Affiliations
- University of California San Diego (US)
- San Diego State University (US)
- Venue
- Physiology & Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023-01
- Volume
- 258
- Pages
- 114028
- ISSN
- 0031-9384 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9754925
- OpenAlex
- W4308560088
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1
- FWCI
- 1.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
- www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/ (am, 314 d)
- doi.org/10.15223/policy-017 (stm-asf)
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- Physiology & Behavior (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (K23DK114480, R01DK103554, UL1TR001442)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Keywords
- cognitive rumination, food cravings, overweight, obesity, dietary habits, scale validation, weight loss response
- MeSH terms
- Cues, Feeding Behavior, Food, Humans, Obesity, Reproducibility of Results, Overweight
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