This article reports the development and validation of a measure of Irrational Food Beliefs
(IFB), defined as cognitively distorted and unhealthy attitudes and beliefs pertaining to food,
which is proposed to be a factor that undermines success at weight loss and maintenance.
Studies 1 and 2 demonstrated that the Irrational Food Beliefs Scale (IFBS) contains
ecologically valid items and is comprised of two primary factors (irrational and rational food
beliefs) whose items are internally consistent. Study 3 established that irrational subscale …