BACKGROUND Clinically diagnosed eating disorders may have adverse cardiometabolic consequences, including overweight or obesity and high blood pressure. However, the link between problematic eating attitudes in early adolescence, which can lead to disordered eating behaviors, and future cardiometabolic health is, to our knowledge, unknown. OBJECTIVE We assessed whether variations in midchildh...

objective: the aim of this study was to provide norms of eating disorder examination questionnaire (ede-q) and clinical impairment assessment (cia) for undergraduate women in iran. materials and methods: ‎undergraduate women (n = 516) completed the ede-q, cia, and the binge eating scale (bes). results : average score, standard deviation, and percentile rank of ede-q and its subscale as well ‎as...

BACKGROUND Feeding conditions can influence dopamine neurotransmission and impact behavioral and neurochemical effects of drugs acting on dopamine systems. This study examined whether eating high fat chow alters the locomotor effects of cocaine and dopamine transporter activity in adolescent (postnatal day 25) and adult (postnatal day 75) male Sprague-Dawley rats. METHODS Dose-response curves...

introduction social physique anxiety (spa) and obsessive-compulsive disorders (ocd) are highly correlated and have been considered to be important in understanding eating problems. howeverspa and ocd have not been directly studied with respect to eating problems. thus, the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between spa and ocd and measures of eating problems.materials and methods...

This study aimed to examine school principals' perceptions of the school environment in Hong Kong as a context for the dissemination of food knowledge and inculcation of healthy eating habits. A questionnaire survey was administered in secondary schools in Hong Kong to survey Principals' views of students' food choices, operation of the school tuck shop, and promotion of healthy eating at schoo...

OBJECTIVE Prior studies suggest eating disorders and related characteristics are moderately to substantially heritable. We are interested in identifying the genes underlying disordered eating behaviour (DEB), and want to know how much of the genetic influence underlying DEB is attributable to genetic influences on body mass index (BMI). METHOD Bivariate analyses were performed, in adolescent ...

OBJECTIVE Extend understanding of a rapid response (RR) to treatment by examining its prognostic significance at end-of-treatment (EOT) and 1 year follow-up within two group treatments for binge eating disorder (BED): Dialectical Behavior Therapy for BED (DBT-BED) and an active comparison group therapy (ACGT). METHODS 101 adults with BED randomized to 20-weeks DBT-BED versus ACGT (Safer, Robi...

Brainstem and hypothalamic "orexigenic/anorexigenic" networks are thought to maintain body weight homeostasis in response to hormonal and metabolic feedback from peripheral sites. This approach has not been successful in managing over- and underweight patients. It is suggested that concept of homeostasis has been misinterpreted; rather than exerting control, the brain permits eating in proporti...