Abstract
The present study examines the relation between fear and disgust and dieting concerns. A sample of women completed measures of eating behavior, attitudes, fear, and disgust. They also provided emotional responses to images depicting high- and low-energy food, overweight and normal body shapes, and disgusting and frightening photographs. Fear and disgust of high-energy foods and overweight body shapes were significantly correlated with dieting concerns, but correlations between fear and disgust towards low-energy foods and slim body shapes were not. No significant correlations were found between eating behavior and emotional responses towards eating disorder-relevant or eating disorder-irrelevant stimuli. These findings suggest that while fear and disgust towards high–energy foods and overweight body shapes are related to dieting concerns, they do not mediate the relationship between dieting concerns and eating behavior. Emotional responses may represent rationalisations of dieting concerns rather than processes that support the avoidance of high-energy foods.
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