Bond University, Australia.
The Lakeside Rooms, Robina, Queensland, Australia.
Appl Psychol Health Well Being. 2016 Jul;8(2):232-57. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12070. Epub 2016 May 3.
Addressing the internal determinants of dysfunctional eating behaviours (e.g. food cravings) in the prevention and treatment of obesity has been increasingly recognised. This study compared Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for food cravings in adults who were overweight or obese (N = 83) in an 8-week intervention. Outcome data were collected at baseline, post-intervention, and at 6- and 12-months follow-up. Overall, EFT and CBT demonstrated comparable efficacy in reducing food cravings, one's responsiveness to food in the environment (power of food), and dietary restraint, with Cohen's effect size values suggesting moderate to high practical significance for both interventions. Results also revealed that both EFT and CBT are capable of producing treatment effects that are clinically meaningful, with reductions in food cravings, the power of food, and dietary restraint normalising to the scores of a non-clinical community sample. While reductions in BMI were not observed, the current study supports the suggestion that psychological interventions are beneficial for food cravings and both CBT and EFT could serve as vital adjunct tools in a multidisciplinary approach to managing obesity.
越来越多的人认识到，解决功能失调性饮食行为（如食欲）的内在决定因素在肥胖的预防和治疗中具有重要意义。本研究比较了情绪自由技术（EFT）和认知行为疗法（CBT）对超重或肥胖成年人（N=83）的食欲的干预效果，干预时间为 8 周。在基线、干预后以及 6 个月和 12 个月随访时收集结果数据。总的来说，EFT 和 CBT 在减少食欲、对环境中食物的反应（食物的力量）和饮食控制方面显示出相当的疗效，Cohen 效应大小值表明两种干预措施都具有中等至高度的实际意义。结果还表明，EFT 和 CBT 都能够产生具有临床意义的治疗效果，减少食欲、食物的力量和饮食控制，使分数正常化到非临床社区样本的分数。虽然体重指数（BMI）没有下降，但本研究支持这样一种观点，即心理干预对食欲有益，CBT 和 EFT 可以作为多学科治疗肥胖方法的重要辅助工具。
