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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"Eating behaviours"”.
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Oxytocin and Genetic Links with Eating Behaviours and Relevant Endophenotypes
… hormone essential in the regulation of human behaviours vital for sustaining life such as food intake and reproduction. Importantly, these behaviours have strong associations with the brains reward circuitry. To date, there has been little OXT-genetic research in the field of eating behaviors. …
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FAMILY EATING BEHAVIOURS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
… Objective: To estimate the impact of family eating behaviours on children’s academic performance as well as the role of children’s nutrition intake. Methods: A total of 2,113 students from grade six in the District School Board of Niagara (DSBN) were recruited. Academic performance was …
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The relationship between mindfulness, emotion regulation, habitual thinking and eating behaviours
… interventions (MBIs) for health-related eating behaviours is emerging. However, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. This thesis presents findings from a series of studies examining the role of two potential mechanisms; extending research into the role of emotion regulation and is the …
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Eating behaviours and attitudes in narcolepsy and their association with sleepiness and mood
A number of studies have found maladaptive eating behaviours and attitudes in individuals with narcolepsy, however, few studies have comprehensively investigated possible reasons (other than hypocretin deficiency) for these findings. The aim was to investigate the eating behaviours and attitudes of …
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Individual Differences in Eating Behaviours and Their Relationship with Motivation, Cognition and Weight Control
… to be associated with individual differences in eating behaviours (French et al., 2012). Certain factors, such as motivation (hedonic hunger and hunger status) as well as cognition (impulsivity and memory) may have an impact on eating behaviours and their relationship with weight control. Thus, …
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Weight changes : the meaning of food and eating behaviours amongst women in recovery from substance addiction
… misuse have mainly focused on weight changes and eating behaviours during active substance addiction, whilst research on how substance misusers experience weight changes and how they describe the functions and meaning of food and eating behaviours in recovery from substance addiction is scarce. …
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I want to look like that : the role of ideal-type media in disordered eating behaviours
… between media exposure and disordered eating disordered behaviours is not without complexity and contestation in the existing literature. Much knowledge of this relationship in a sample of South African university students, who could be expected to have reasonably high levels of media …
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The Eating Behaviours, Quality of Life and Cardiometabolic Risks of Adults with Type 1 Diabetes using Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Therapy
… frequently dated; as is evidence regarding their eating behaviours and quality of life and is therefore worthy of further research. To investigate these issues an initial audit of CSII patients’ medical records spanning 8 years was performed, with a focus on routinely measured clinical markers of …
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When two bodies meet in the therapy room: a hermeneutic phenomenological exploration of the male therapists’ embodied lived experience when being with male clients with disordered eating behaviours
… when working with male clients with disordered eating behaviours. There has been an increase of disordered eating behaviours in men, and the promotion of westernised muscular and lean bodies has been considered a contributory factor. Nonetheless, men experience a high level of stigma and shame …
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An exploration of issues that might surround and affect young women's eating behaviours : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Nursing at Massey University
… modify their diet. The incidence of obesity and eating disorders reflects the reality that current healthcare practices are perhaps not effective. The purpose of this study was to explore the issues that might surround and affect the eating behaviours of young women. This research aimed to …
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Emotional eating within a clinical and community population
Introduction: Emotional eating literature has focused on those with a clinical diagnosis around eating difficulties, exploring emotional eating in response to ‘negative’ emotions. Limited studies investigate the prevalence of emotional eating within community samples, and evidence appears …
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Eating Attitudes Among Exercisers: Conceptual and Methodological Issues
… the nature of exercisers emotions to diet and eating behaviours. As existing measures were validated using either clinical or student samples, the first step examined the validity of the 26-item Eating Attitude Test on a sample of 598 exercisers. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) results …
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Body Perception and Body Dissatisfaction: A Longitudinal Examination of Body Image and Disordered Eating Symptoms
… between body perceptions and disordered eating is poorly understood. The objective of this project was to examine body size perception and elucidate how it changes and relates to disordered eating behaviours and attitudes across development when compared to body dissatisfaction. Method: …
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Emotions surrounding restrained eating in young adult students
… study focusing on experiences of restrained eating in young adult students, to develop our understanding of emotions surrounding dieting, diet violation and diet abandonment, thought to precede issues with weight management and disordered eating behaviours. Method: Using the participant …
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The Effect of a Residential Eating Disorder Treatment Program on Quality of Life in Individuals With Eating Disorders
… is significantly impaired in individuals with eating disorders (EDs). To date, there has been very limited Canadian research on the effectiveness of residential ED treatment programs on outcomes related to ED recovery, including QoL. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of …
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How do obese young women seeking treatment for weight loss experience being overweight? A qualitative exploratory study.
… image concern, emotional distress and disordered eating behaviour. The focus was to encourage the participants to talk freely of their experience of being obese. Thematic analysis (Boyatzis, 1998) was used to analyse the transcribed interviews and to identify the central themes used to answer the …
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Exploring fast food consumption behaviours and social influence.
… on the amount of fast food consumed at a single eating occasion. The Fast Food Survey (FFS) was developed and administered to two samples to collect information – including the item/s eaten and any social, environmental or demographic influences that surrounded the consumption – on participants’ …
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