Attention to food in adolescents with obesity: No evidence for increased attentional engagement or reduced attentional disengagement.

IF 2.5 4区医学 Q3 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Obesity research & clinical practice Pub Date : 2025-03-21 DOI:10.1016/j.orcp.2025.03.002

Nienke C Jonker, Thomas A de Lang, Caroline Braet, Peter J de Jong

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Abstract

Objective: This study examined differences in attentional engagement and disengagement bias regarding visual food stimuli between adolescents with a healthy weight versus adolescents with obesity.

Method: Participants were adolescents aged 12- 23, with obesity (n = 51, adjusted BMI [(actual BMI/Percentile 50 of BMI for age and gender) × 100]) between 143 % and 313 %, and with a healthy weight (n = 51), adjusted BMI between 75 % and 129 %. Attentional bias (AB) was indexed by the Attentional Response to Distal vs. Proximal Emotional Information (ARDPEI) task.

Results: Unexpectedly, results showed moderately strong evidence that individuals with obesity did not show more attentional engagement to food cues than individuals with a healthy weight, and moderately strong evidence that individuals with obesity did not show more difficulty in disengaging from food cues than individuals with a healthy weight.

Conclusions: Findings provide no evidence to support the view that in adolescents AB to food cues plays a role in obesity. One conclusion could be that AB to food cues does not play a role in obesity. Yet, future studies should examine whether this might be different for adults or when satiety is well-controlled.

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Obesity research & clinical practice 医学-内分泌学与代谢

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7.10

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49 days

期刊介绍： The aim of Obesity Research & Clinical Practice (ORCP) is to publish high quality clinical and basic research relating to the epidemiology, mechanism, complications and treatment of obesity and the complication of obesity. Studies relating to the Asia Oceania region are particularly welcome, given the increasing burden of obesity in Asia Pacific, compounded by specific regional population-based and genetic issues, and the devastating personal and economic consequences. The journal aims to expose health care practitioners, clinical researchers, basic scientists, epidemiologists, and public health officials in the region to all areas of obesity research and practice. In addition to original research the ORCP publishes reviews, patient reports, short communications, and letters to the editor (including comments on published papers). The proceedings and abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Association for the Study of Obesity is published as a supplement each year.