ReviewFrontiers in psychology2015
Olfaction in eating disorders and abnormal eating behavior: a systematic review.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- Psychophysical chemosensory dysfunction in eating disorders: a qualitative systematic review.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Pooled it
- Olfactory Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Meta-analytic Review of Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Pooled it
- Olfaction is a Marker of Severity but Not Diagnosis in Anorexia Nervosa: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Neuropsychology review · 2020Pooled it
- Lack of Structural Change in Olfactory Circuitry Following Fecal Microbiome Transplant From Donors Subjected to Diet-induced Obesity.Journal of neurochemistry · 2026Article
- Olfactory Groove Meningiomas and the Association with Postoperative Weight Loss.Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base · 2025Article
- Considerations for informing precision psychiatry in eating disorders: Foundations for future practice.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Function of orexin-1 receptor signaling in the olfactory tubercle in odor-guided attraction and aversion.Communications biology · 2024Article
- In-person and online sensory wellbeing workshop for eating disorders: updated case series.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Olfactory brain activations in patients with Major Depressive Disorder.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- International consensus statement on allergy and rhinology: Olfaction.International forum of allergy & rhinology · 2022Review
- Relationship between Olfactory Function and BMI in Normal Weight Healthy Subjects and Patients with Overweight or Obesity.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Olfactory capacity in anorexia nervosa: correlations with set-shifting ability.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2022Article
- Gastrointestinal Interoception in Eating Disorders: Charting a New Path.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
- Wearable Sensors for Assessing the Role of Olfactory Training on the Autonomic Response to Olfactory Stimulation.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Olfaction and Changes in Body Composition in a Large Cohort of Older U.S. Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2020Article
- Pragmatic Sensory Screening in Anorexia Nervosa and Associations with Autistic Traits.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- The relationship of autistic traits to taste and olfactory processing in anorexia nervosa.Molecular autism · 2020Article
- Effect of Maternal Obesity and Preconceptional Weight Loss on Male and Female Offspring Metabolism and Olfactory Performance in Mice.Nutrients · 2019Article
- Dysfunction of theFrontiers in human neuroscience · 2019Article
- Sense of Smell as the Central Driver of Pavlovian Appetite Behavior in Mammals.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Article
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13 authors at 11 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The study provides a systematic review that explores the current literature on olfactory capacity in abnormal eating behavior. The objective is to present a basis for discussion on whether research in olfaction in eating disorders may offer additional insight with regard to the complex etiopathology of eating disorders (ED) and abnormal eating behaviors. Electronic databases (Medline, PsycINFO, PubMed, Science Direct, and Web of Science) were searched using the components in relation to olfaction and combining them with the components related to abnormal eating behavior. Out of 1352 articles, titles were first excluded by title (n = 64) and then by abstract and fulltext resulting in a final selection of 14 articles (820 patients and 385 control participants) for this review. The highest number of existing literature on olfaction in ED were carried out with AN patients (78.6%) followed by BN patients (35.7%) and obese individuals (14.3%). Most studies were only conducted on females. The general findings support that olfaction is altered in AN and in obesity and indicates toward there being little to no difference in olfactory capacity between BN patients and the general population. Due to the limited number of studies and heterogeneity this review stresses on the importance of more research on olfaction and abnormal eating behavior.
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