%0 Journal Article
%T When food becomes an obsession: Overweight is related to food
%A Anita Jansen
%A Katrijn Houben
%J Journal of Health Psychology
%@ 1461-7277
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1359105316687632
%X In this study, it was examined whether overweight is associated with food-related obsessions and compulsions. Participants with a healthy weight (n£¿=£¿27) and participants who were overweight (n£¿=£¿33) filled out the Yale-Brown-Cornell Eating Disorder Scale, the Eating Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, and the Emotional and Behavioral Reactions to Intrusions Questionnaire to assess frequency, distress, control, and reactance associated with food-related preoccupations and compulsions. Overweight participants showed increased food-related preoccupations, compulsive eating, and heightened emotional and behavioral reactance compared to participants with a healthy weight. Increased food-related obsessive-compulsiveness was also associated with unhealthy eating patterns
%K body mass index
%K cognitive processing
%K eating behavior
%K obesity
%K overweight
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1359105316687632