Automatic Attentional Bias Toward High-Calorie Food Cues And Body Shape Concerns In Individuals With

This research was sought to explore differences in attentional processes in response to food cues and body shape concerns according to an individual's level of weight suppression. Nonobese participants (body mass index [BMI] < 25 kg/m2) were divided into two groups according to weight history among 470 women. If the difference between their highest weight ever and current weight was greater than 10%, they were assigned to the high level of weight suppression (H-WS) group ( n = 24); if it was less than 5%, they were assigned to the low level of weight suppression (L-WS) group (n = 29). This study’s findings demonstrate that the vulnerability to bulimia nervosa symptoms observed in individuals with high weight suppression may be associated with a higher automatic approach tendency toward high-calorie foods after adjusting for body shape concerns in comparison with individuals with low weight suppression.

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