Brief guided imagery and body scanning interventions reduce food cravings

Appetite

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 158-162

  Hamilton, Jonathan ^a   Fawson, Sophie ^a   May, Jon ^a   Andrade, Jackie ^a   Kavanagh, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Cognition; Eating; Food; Intrusive thoughts; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAVING EXPERIENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ACCEPTANCE; COGNITION; EATING; FOOD; INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS; MINDFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BODY IMAGE; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883699033     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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