Are “eating disorders” disorders of eating control system ?
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Neuroendocrine aspects of the control of eating in eating disorders
Because most eating is organized as meals, the principal questions for eating research are: when are meals initiated, what foods are chosen, and how much is eaten. Individual experience undoubtedly explains much or most of human eating. In addition, however, unlearned physiological processes contribute, and form the basis for much of what is learned. These physiological processes include hunger...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal for the Integrated Study of Dietary Habits
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1881-2368,1346-9770
DOI: 10.2740/jisdh.18.317