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Disinhibition: its effects on appetite and weight regulation.
Bryant, Eleanor J. King, N. Blundell, J.E.
Bryant, Eleanor J.
King, N.
Blundell, J.E.
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2008
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Abstract
Over the past 30 years, the understanding of eating behaviour has been dominated
by the concept of dietary restraint. However, the development of the Three Factor
Eating Questionnaire introduced two other factors, Disinhibition and Hunger,
which have not received as much recognition in the literature. The objective of this
review was to explore the relationship of the Disinhibition factor with weight
regulation, food choice and eating disorders, and to consider its aetiology. The
review indicates that Disinhibition is an important eating behaviour trait. It is
associated not only with a higher body mass index and obesity, but also with
mediating variables, such as less healthful food choices, which contribute to
overweight/obesity and poorer health. Disinhibition is also implicated in eating
disorders and contributes to eating disorder severity. It has been demonstrated
that Disinhibition is predictive of poorer success at weight loss, and of weight
regain after weight loss regimes and is associated with lower self-esteem, low
physical activity and poor psychological health. Disinhibition therefore emerges as
an important and dynamic trait, with influences that go beyond eating behaviour
and incorporate other behaviours which contribute to weight regulation and
obesity. The characteristics of Disinhibition itself therefore reflect many components
representative of a thrifty type of physiology. We propose that the trait of
Disinhibition be more appropriately renamed as ¿opportunistic eating¿ or ¿thrifty
behaviour¿.
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Bryant, E. J., King, N. and Blundell, J. E. (2008). Disinhibition: its effects on appetite and weight regulation. Obesity Reviews. Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 409-419.
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