What works better? Food cue exposure aiming at the habituation of eating desires or food cue exposure aiming at the violation of overeating expectancies?

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
7261867	Behaviour Research and Therapy	2018	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

While food cue exposure in obese women led to less eating of exposed foods, focusing on either habituation of eating desires or expectancy violation did not matter. It is discussed why exposure works.

Keywords

Eating in the absence of hunger exposure therapy Habituation Obesity Expectancy violation Inhibitory learning

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Health Sciences Medicine and Dentistry Psychiatry and Mental Health

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What works better? Food cue exposure aiming at the habituation of eating desires or food cue exposure aiming at the violation of overeating expectancies?

Authors

Ghislaine Schyns, Karolien van den Akker, Anne Roefs, Rianne Hilberath, Anita Jansen,