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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Compulsive eating"”.
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The neurobiological bases of compulsive eating
Compulsive eating behavior is a transdiagnostic construct that shares many behavioral, neurobiological, and theoretical features with compulsive drug use. The focus of this dissertation is to progress a framework for compulsive eating behavior, including identification of risk factors for its …
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Individual Differences In Lpp Amplitude and Theta Power Predict Cue-Induced Eating During A Cued Food Delivery Task
… behaviors, such as substance use or compulsive eating. A body of research has demonstrated that individuals who attribute higher levels of incentive salience to reward-associated cues than to pleasant images (termed “C>P group” throughout) are more vulnerable to compulsive eating than …
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Food for thought: An examination of the relationship between binge eating and psychological variables in a diverse college-student population
<p>Binge eating is associated with a host of adverse outcomes, but little is known about sex and racial differences among those who binge eat. The present study examined sex and racial group differences in binge eating within a college-student population. It was hypothesized that White women would …
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Mechanisms of hypothalamic regulation of food intake in birds
… center for balancing energy homeostasis. Eating disorders, such as compulsive eating behavior associated with obesity, and anorexia, are significant public health concerns worldwide. Thus, studying appetite regulation is necessary to provide novel information for the design of solutions …
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The same beast or different animals? : examining differential etiologic associations between binge eating and compensatory behavior with impulsivity and perfectionism
Despite the use of binge eating and compensatory behavior in distinguishing diagnostic categories and subtypes of eating disorders, little research has examined the etiologic validity of distinguishing among disorders/subtypes based on these phenotypes. The current project used cross-sectional and …