ReviewJournal of eating disorders2021
Can we change binge eating behaviour by interventions addressing food-related impulsivity? A systematic review.
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- The Relationship between Binge Drinking and Binge Eating in Adolescence and Youth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The Role of Serious Video Games in the Treatment of Disordered Eating Behaviors: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Multisession transcranial direct current stimulation and aerobic exercise synergistically improve food craving symptoms, impulsivity, and cognitive flexibility in women with overweight and obesity: a randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Trial
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Binge Eating Based on the Addictive Appetite Model and Specialist Supportive Clinical Management with Adjunct Motivational Enhancement Therapy for Patients with Bulimia Nervosa: A Feasibility Study.Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2026Article
- Sex and age effects on binge eating spectrum disorders in young adults: a path analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Mechanisms of an inhibitory control training to reduce binge eating behaviours: study protocol of the randomized controlled proof-of-principle MIND BINGES trial.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Transdiagnostic neuromodulation of impulsivity: current status and future trajectories.Translational psychiatry · 2025Review
- Examining Associations of Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms and Eating Disorder Diagnoses: Results From a US Representative Sample.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS) in Overeating and Increased Body Mass Index (BMI): An Umbrella Review.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2025Review
- Questioning the validity of food addiction: a critical review.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Review
- Beyond general food craving: sex differences in food-specific craving identified using item response theory.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Do empirically-derived personality subtypes relate to cognitive inflexibility in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa?Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Reward and Inhibitory Control as Mechanisms and Treatment Targets for Binge Eating Disorder.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Review
- Modified cue exposure for adolescents with binge eating behaviour: study protocol of a randomised pilot trial called EXIBMJ open · 2023Article
- Editorial: Community series in extreme eating behaviors-Volume II.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- The relationships between social media exposure, food craving, cognitive impulsivity and cognitive restraint.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Mapping the landscape and structure of global research on binge eating disorder: Visualization and bibliometric analysis.World journal of psychiatry · 2022Article
- Binge eating disorder.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2022Article
- Ameliorating cognitive control in patients with binge eating disorder by electrical brain stimulation: study protocol of the randomized controlled ACCElect pilot trial.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- The evolving epidemiology and differential etiopathogenesis of eating disorders: implications for prevention and treatment.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAn extensive amount of research has underlined the potential role of impulsivity in the development and maintenance of binge eating behaviour. Food-related impulsivity has particularly received attention given its close relationship with overeating and binge eating episodes. Besides the available evidence, our understanding regarding the effectiveness of treatment modalities for binge eating targeting impulsivity and related constructs (e.g., food craving, inhibitory control, and reward sensitivity) is limited. Thus, this systematic review aimed to investigate whether binge eating behaviour is changeable by interventions that are impulsivity-focused and food-related and whether one of these interventions is superior to the others.
methodA search on PubMed and PsycINFO was performed for relevant articles published up to September 2020. Studies delivering food-related impulsivity treatment to individuals suffering from binge eating episodes and including a control condition without this treatment were investigated. Following the search, 15 studies meeting the eligibility criteria were analysed.
resultsAnalyses revealed that available impulsivity-focused approaches can be categorised as psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, computer-assisted cognitive training, and direct neuromodulation interventions. Regarding their effectiveness, it appeared that all of these approaches might be promising to change food-related impulsivity in individuals with binge eating episodes, particularly to decrease binge eating symptoms. However, a superior intervention approach in this early state of evidence could not be determined, although food-related cue exposure, transcranial direct current stimulation, and the combination of several interventions seem fruitful.
conclusionEfforts to treat binge eating behaviour with interventions focusing on food-related impulsivity appear to be promising, particularly concerning binge eating frequency, and also for food craving and inhibitory control. Given limited research and varying methods, it was not possible to conclude whether one impulsivity-focused intervention can be considered superior to others.
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