Do restrained eaters restrict their caloric intake prior to drinking alcohol?

This research used multilevel modeling to investigate the hypothesis that restrained eaters increase dietary restriction when they expect to drink alcohol. Undergraduate women (39 restrained eaters; 40 unrestrained eaters) monitored their food and alcohol intake for ten days. Restrained eaters, on a...

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Published in:Eating behaviors : an international journal 2013-08, Vol.14 (3), p.361-365
Main Authors: Luce, Kristine H., Crowther, Janis H., Leahey, Tricia, Buchholz, Laura J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
alcohol drinking
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Alcohol use
Alcoholism
alcohols
Biological and medical sciences
College females
Dietary restraint
dietary restriction
Energy Intake
Feeding Behavior - psychology
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Illness and personality
Medical sciences
Multilevel Analysis
Personality, behavior and health
poisoning
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
risk
Students - psychology
Universities
women
Young Adult
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Summary:This research used multilevel modeling to investigate the hypothesis that restrained eaters increase dietary restriction when they expect to drink alcohol. Undergraduate women (39 restrained eaters; 40 unrestrained eaters) monitored their food and alcohol intake for ten days. Restrained eaters, on average, consumed fewer calories per day than unrestrained eaters. Although the intent to drink alcohol did not impact the overall caloric intake of restrained eaters prior to drinking, restrained eaters reported significantly fewer eating episodes than unrestrained eaters on days the participants intended to drink. Given that restrained eaters generally consumed fewer calories per day and had fewer eating episodes prior to drinking, one major implication of higher levels of intoxication would be increased risk of negative alcohol-related consequences. Future research should extend this study and evaluate negative alcohol-related consequences that occur with higher levels of intoxication. •We compared alcohol use between unrestrained and restrained eaters.•Restrained eaters had fewer eating episodes when they planned to drink alcohol.•Restrained eaters consumed fewer calories than unrestrained eaters.•Dietary restraint may exacerbate negative alcohol-related consequences.
ISSN:1471-0153
1873-7358
DOI:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2013.06.004