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Showing 1 to 20 of 102 for “"eating behavior"”.
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Self-Regulatory Brain Networks of Eating Behavior
… obesity, many individuals fail to monitor their eating behavior and lose weight. The over-reaching purpose of this thesis was to elucidate a brain network of self-regulatory failure among older adults predictive of real-world weight loss.
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The Role Of Expectancies In Binge Eating Behavior
… was to examine the role of expectancies in binge eating behavior. Two distinct statistical techniques were used to accomplish this goal. First, regression analyses were conducted using variables previously identified in the literature, as well as eating expectancies as measured by the Eating …
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Effects of Cognitive Style on Food Perception and Eating Behavior
… tests can impact food perception and associated behaviors. This dissertation aimed to investigate the impact of analytic-holistic cognitive styles of consumers in food situations. The first objective to accomplish this goal was to conduct exploratory research to identify if and where the …
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Nature and nurture on picky eating behavior in early childhood
Eating behavior in children is influenced by both genetic and environmental determinants. In the first two years of life, children develop food preferences and dietary habits as they transition from a milk-based diet to table foods. During this time, picky eating behavior often emerges as children …
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Taste sensitivity, eating behavior, and body fatness of preschool children
… was assessed with paired-comparison tests. Eating habits and food preferences were examined via questionnaires and two-day food records. Analysis of data was by simple correlations, means, and analysis of variance. There appeared to be a relationship between taste sensitivity and body …
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Exploring obesity, ADHD severity, and disordered eating behavior among college students
… and that both disorders increase risk for binge eating. Nevertheless, how obesity and ADHD may increase risk for binge eating work is unclear. Neuropsychological deficits are common to all disorders and may help to explain the relations observed. The aim of this study was to explore whether …
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A laboratory-based study of mood and eating behavior in overweight children
Loss of control over eating refers to the sense that one cannot control what or how much one is eating. Loss of control eating is prevalent among overweight children and is associated with psychosocial impairment. Self-report data suggest that pediatric loss of control eating may be related to the …
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A pilot study of the effects of mentoring on disordered eating behavior
<p>Subclinical levels of disordered eating are problematic for both adolescent girls and young women. Not only could subclinical disordered eating lead to full threshold eating disorders without intervention, it is also associated with higher levels of psychological problems such as depression, …
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Increasing voluntary feed intake by the chick: Experiments on managing eating behavior
Palatability of diets based on several grains was evaluated by chicks. Then an attempt was made to increase feed intake by sequencing discriminatable diets.
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The Impact of Sleep Quality on Energy Intake, Eating Behavior, and Physical Activity
… time for the development of obesity. Sleep behavior is a possible factor that may contribute to obesity; however, most studies that have examined this relationship have focused on sleep duration and not on sleep quality. Because the restorative nature of sleep depends on its quality in …
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Attachment and affect motivated eating behavior in an obese population: Maintenance versus relapse
… losses and that those who reported emotional eating would show greater deficits on the Insecure Attachment subscale than those who did not. The subjects included in this study were thirty-nine caucasian females who had participated in a modified fasting diet. The study contacted the subjects …
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Perceptions of Childhood Abuse and Life Stress: Contributors to Increase in Binge Eating Behavior
… in the development and maintenance of disordered eating behaviors. However, these studies made no mentioned efforts to validate their self-report data, and thus failed to separate the effects of actuality versus perception of childhood abuse. Thus, the current study examined how perceptions of …
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Eating behavior of preschool children in relation to control patterns in Iowa rural families
… adequacy of children is through their behavior in situations.
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Eating Behavior and Obesity Risk of Youth Living in the City of San Bernardino, California
… This study analyzed data from the Youth Risk Behavior (YRBS) and local surveys conducted in the City’s Unified School District from 1999 through 2001. The investigators focused on the relationship, if any, of dietary and anthropometric factors to the priority adolescent behaviors targeted for …
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An experiment analysis of the impact of advertising and food packaging on women's eating behavior
… epidemic and is associated with increased eating behavior and decreased physical activity. Research has demonstrated biological underpinnings, but the dramatic increase in prevalence rates in recent decades (Flegal et al., 2002) suggests that environmental influences also contribute (Hill …
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Correlates of Disordered Eating Behavior in Female Undergraduates: Development and Validation of a Structural Model
Although disordered eating behaviors are relatively common among female undergraduates, many questions about their etiology remain unanswered. In the current study, structural equation modeling was used to investigate some of the potential mediating relationships among variables previously found to …
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A Manipulation of Cognitive Restriction and Goal-Conflict: Mechanisms Underlying the Disinhibition Effect of Eating Behavior
… alluring temptation. The goal-conflict model of eating (Stroebe, van Koningsbruggen, Papies, & Aarts, 2013) suggests that restrained eaters (i.e., chronic dieters) experience self-regulation failure (e.g., overeating, or disinhibition) due to inner competing goals of eating enjoyment and weight …
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Changing eating behavior via simple responses: Effects of go/no-go training on food evaluation and choice
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