What does it mean to overeat?
What does it mean to overeat?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.eatbeh.2020.101390
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发表时间：
2020-04-01
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影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Polivy, Janet
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作者：
Long, Emma, V;Vartanian, Lenny R.;Polivy, Janet
“暴饮暴食”是一个重要的公共健康问题，但人们对暴饮暴食的概念知之甚少。这项研究探讨了参与者对暴饮暴食的看法。参与者是175名大学生和296名社区成员（其中56%是女性），他们被要求对几句话在多大程度上反映了“暴饮暴食”的概念（1 =完全没有表达意思；7 =完全表达了意思）进行打分。结果显示，在饥饿之外进食被认为与暴饮暴食的概念联系最紧密；盲目进食，进食超过一定标准量，以及缺乏限制都与暴饮暴食的概念有一定的联系；食物的质量/饮食方式被认为与暴饮暴食的概念关系最小。BMI较高的参与者、认为自己肥胖的参与者、饮食节制的参与者和有饮食病理迹象的参与者比他们各自的同行更倾向于暴饮暴食的概念，但他们的总体反应模式是相同的。目前的研究为人们对“暴饮暴食”的理解提供了一些初步的见解，这一点很重要，因为只要相信自己吃得过多（不管实际摄入多少）就会产生不良的心理和行为后果。这些见解为未来的研究提供了一条途径，以探索是否可以更适应性地重塑外行观念，以减少感知暴饮暴食的负面影响。
"Overeating" is a significant public health concern, but little is known about how lay people conceptualize overeating. This study explored participants' conceptions of overeating. Participants were 175 university students and 296 community members (56% women) who were asked to rate the extent to which several statements reflected the concept of "overeating" (1 = Does not capture the meaning at all; 7 = Captures the meaning perfectly). Results showed that eating outside of hunger was viewed as being most strongly linked to the conceptualization of overeating; mindless eating, eating more than some normative amount, and a lack of restriction were all moderately linked to the conceptualization of overeating; and the quality of the food/eating style was rated as least relevant to the conceptualization of overeating. Participants with a higher BMI, participants who perceived themselves as fat, restrained eaters, and participants with an indication of eating pathology rated all of the constructs as more relevant to the concept of overeating than did their respective counterparts, but their overall pattern of responding was the same. The present research provides some initial insights into people's thoughts on what it means to "overeat," which is important given that simply believing that one has overeaten (regardless of the actual amount consumed) can have adverse psychological and behavioral consequences. These insights provide an avenue for future research to explore whether lay conceptions could be more adaptively reshaped to reduce the negative effects of perceived overeating.