O'Connor, DB, Armitage, CJ and Ferguson, E (2015) Randomized Test of an Implementation Intention-Based Tool to Reduce Stress-Induced Eating. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 49 (3). pp. 331-343. ISSN 0883-6612
Abstract
Background: Stress may indirectly contribute to disease (e.g., cardiovascular disease, cancer by producing deleterious changes to diet. Purpose: To test effectiveness of a stress management support (SMS) tool to reduce stress-related unhealthy snacking and to promote stress-related healthy snacking. Methods: Participants were randomized to complete a SMS tool with instruction to link stressful situations with healthy snack alternatives (experimental) or a SMS tool without a linking instruction (control). On-line daily reports of stressors and snacking were completed for 7 days. Results: Daily stressors were associated with unhealthy snack consumption in the control condition but not in the experimental condition. Participants highly motivated towards healthy eating consumed a greater number of healthy snacks in the experimental condition on stressful days compared to participants in the experimental condition with low and mean levels of motivation. Conclusions: This tool is an effective, theory driven, intervention that helps to protect against stress-induced high calorie snack consumption.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 The Society of Behavioral Medicine. This is an author produced version of a paper published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The final publication is available from Springer via https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12160-014-9668-x. |
Keywords: | Eating; Stress; Intervention; Stress management; Obesity; Daily diary; Volitional help sheet |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 May 2016 14:48 |
Last Modified: | 13 May 2016 11:44 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12160-014-9668-x |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s12160-014-9668-x |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:93283 |