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Eating behaviour, personality traits and body mass
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Eating behaviour and the aetiology of obesity
Mounting evidence supports an association between eating behaviour (EB) and obesity. However, poor characterisation of the nature of this relationship limits its application to obesity prevention. This thesis aims to advance understanding of the association between EB and the aetiology of obesity. …
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A laboratory investigation of stress-induced eating behaviour
… (diet breaking) and promote symptoms of binge eating and bulimia. Mechanisms by which such factors lead to overeating are not clearly understood, and competing theoretical explanations have not been sufficiently tested using reliable and robust methodological approaches within the laboratory. …
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Understanding obesity : psychological cues and antecedents of eating behaviour
… and social determinants underlying non-hungry eating (NHE) (eating without physical sensations associated with hunger) and overeating (eating past the physiological sensations of fullness). The immediate psychosocial cues that trigger NHE and overeating, along with the psychosocial antecedents …
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The Role of Self-Disgust within Disordered Eating Behaviour
Self-disgust has already been implicated within eating psychopathology (Moncrieff-Boyd & Nunn, 2014; Bell et al., 2017; Palmeria et al., 2017) and investigating this emotion may offer more of an understanding of the factors that contribute to the aetiology and maintenance of disordered eating …
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Female objectification, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviour in a non-clinical sample
… body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating behaviour(s). While many women express body dissatisfaction and negative self-talk, fewer women actually engage in disordered eating practices. This study aimed to explore women‟s views about their bodies and to identify predictors of body …
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Effects of exercise modality on metabolic rate, body composition, dietary intake, and eating behaviour
… rate, body composition, dietary intake, and eating behaviour were examined. Participants included 41 overweight, sedentary females aged 25 to 49 years, who had a defined history of dieting. Experimental (n=26) and control (n=15) participants were recruited separately. Participants in the …
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Identification of Night Eating Behaviour and Investigation into Its Characteristics in an Obese Population
Background Night Eating Syndrome (NES) was characterised in 2003 as comprising; morning anorexia, evening hyperphagia, night-time awakenings, consumption of high calorie snacks during awakenings and an absence of other eating disorders (ED). Method An identification study was conducted in a …
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Decoding the interplay between the microbiota-gut-brain axis and the hypothalamic regulation of eating behaviour
Unhealthy eating and choices from an early age have been associated with increases in childhood overweight and obesity, which have risen significantly in recent years. In 2022, 390 million aged 5–19 (20% of children worldwide), were overweight with 8% of these children and adolescents going on to …
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Investigating the Role of Eating Behaviour Traits in Behavioural Weight Management Interventions from a Precision Treatment Perspective
… associated with serious health risks and while behavioural weight management interventions (BWMIs) can be effective, they do not work equally well for everyone. Precision treatments aim to improve outcomes by matching individuals to different intervention types based on their personal …
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Risk factors for obesity development in Caucasian and Zulu women : personal and parental weight history, weight management practices, eating behaviour and taste sensitivity : a case-control study
… (including body weight and shape satisfaction), eating behaviour and 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) taste sensitivity in Zulu and Caucasian women using a case control design. The secondary aim was to compare Zulu and Caucasian cases as well as Zulu and Caucasian controls for key variables.
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Working memory and food-related decision making
… of training inhibitory control to change eating behaviour (Chapter 2). The importance of another executive function to eating behaviour, working memory, has been less well-studied. The aim of this thesis was to assess the role of working memory in food-related decision making in healthy …
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Examining how avoidant coping and anger suppression relate to emotional eating in young women
… negative emotions. The importance of restrained eating (chronic dieting) as a precursor for emotional and binge eating is well documented. As a group, restrained eaters reliably eat more in response to negative emotions compared to nonrestrained eaters. Researchers have recently noted, however, …
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Wasting away: the influences of weight management on jockeys’ physical, psychological and social wellbeing
… and 32 men) completed questionnaires examining eating behaviour, WLP and their physical, psychological and social effects of WLP. In Study 2, six male jockeys completed race day and non-race day assessments of WLP and mood and were interviewed about their experiences. In Study 3, eight jockeys …
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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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Examining Causal Determinants of Childhood Obesity and Pubertal Timing
… I first explored the associations between eating behaviour and growth across infancy and childhood. Using the Children’s Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ), I assessed eight appetitive traits—four food-approach and four food-avoidant traits—against growth velocities including weight, …
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Neurobiological and metabolic mechanisms of binge-eating in anorexia and bulimia nervosa
Binge-eating is characterised by the recurrent consumption of large amounts of food, which co-occurs with a subjective loss of control over intake. This transdiagnostic syndrome results in significant distress, functional impairment and comorbidity. However, precise characterisation of the …
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The Moralisation of Eating
Morality, food and eating have been associated for centuries. However, little is known about the extent and impact of this association on how people relate to food and eating today. This thesis explores three questions in seven studies. The first question is: ‘Do people compensate morally for …
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