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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Food addiction"”.
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The influence of satiety mediators and dietary intake on food addiction in obese women prior to sleeve gastrectomy: a pilot study
Food addiction (FA) can hinder the perceived value of food reward resulting in overconsumption of highly palatable food. The purpose of this study was to identify the impact of fasting leptin and ghrelin and dietary intake on FA in obese women before vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG). Seventeen …
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Patterns of Overeating that Characterize Addictive Tendencies towards Palatable Foods
Previous work focusing on the notion of food addiction has shown that in abundant amounts, highly-caloric- and hyper-palatable-foods can lead to addictive tendencies akin to drugs of abuse such as alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, opioids, and methamphetamine. However, such research is still in its …
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Relationships between food reinforcement and eating behaviors to bariatric surgery weight loss and substance abuse outcomes
… between the relative reinforcing value of food (RRV-F), delay discounting for food (DD-F), and other eating-related and non eating-related variables to post-bariatric surgery percent total weight loss (%TWL) and substance-related outcomes. Participants were a convenience sample of 147 …
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Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology thesis portfolio (Edwards : 2019) : Obesity and uncontrolled eating from a health psychology perspective
… obese patients who believed that they were food addicts. However, despite there being a large body of research looking at the topic, very little qualitative research existed which attempted to explore the experience of perceived food addiction in those trying to lose weight. Such research as …
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An examination of psychological risk factors for the development of substance abuse among post-bariatric surgery patients
… have presented concerns about the notion of “addiction transfer” and substance abuse post-bariatric surgery. There is a lack of research, however, in this area. The present study examined the rate of substance abuse in a broad sample of postbariatric surgery patients and examined potential …
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MODULATION OF TASTE PERCEPTION AS A POSSIBLE STRATEGY IN OBESITY TREATMENT: NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR PRECISION NUTRITION
… stimulus, play a guiding role in an individual's food choices and food intake. Physiologically, the ability to taste is linked to the presence of receptors and channels on the tongue, the main organ responsible for this function. These receptors and channels bind certain molecules that stimulate …
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A pilot study on the effects of bariatric surgery on flavor perception and eating bevahior 2-5 years post-surgery
… such as emotional eating and frequency of food cravings. Unfortunately, little is known as to if these beneficial reductions last long term post-surgery. Therefore, we tested two hypotheses in this thesis based on the aforementioned gaps in the literature. Hypothesis 1: Subjects evaluated …
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Dopaminergic Genetic Contributions to Obesity in Kidney Transplant Recipients
… that has previously been implicated in substance addiction. Recently, neuroimaging and neurogenetic data have shown that dopamine may also play a role in obesity. Both dopamine receptor genes and genes related to overall dopamine activity have been associated with obesity, weight gain, and food …
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The neurobiological bases of compulsive eating
… Impulsivity has been implicated in drug addiction as well as eating disorders and obesity, but its exact role in the conferment of risk for compulsive eating is unknown. To achieve this, we measured impulsive choice (i.e. delay discounting) and impulsive action (i.e. motor impulsivity) …
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Problem Food Cravings: a Cycle Fed by Stigma and Shame, a Classical Grounded Theory Exploration of the Experience of Food Cravings in Obese and Formerly-Obese Women
Food cravings, commonly defined as intense desires for a specific food, were identified decades ago as problems for people with a variety of health conditions, including eating disorders (Bruch, 1973), mood disorders (Wurtman, 1988a), premenstrual disorder (Morton et al., 1953) pregnancy (Harries & …