ArticleThe International journal of eating disorders2021
Food cravings and loss-of-control eating in youth: Associations with gonadal hormone concentrations.
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- Circadian variation of serum leptin and adipose tissue changes in children.Pediatric obesity · 2023Article
- Neuroimaging and neuroendocrine insights into food cravings and appetite interventions in obesity.Psychoradiology · 2023Review
- State negative affect in relation to loss-of-control eating among children and adolescents in the natural environment.Appetite · 2022Article
- Heart Rate Variability and Laboratory-Based Loss-of-Control Eating in Children and Adolescents.Nutrients · 2022Article
- The effects of prefrontal vs. parietal cortex transcranial direct current stimulation on craving, inhibition, and measures of self-esteem.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Is There a Link between Balance and Body Mass Composition in Children and Adolescents?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Breaking It Down: Investigation of Binge Eating Components in Animal Models to Enhance Translation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
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Abstract
objectiveAmong youth with overweight, food cravings (FC) are associated with loss-of-control (LOC)-eating, but the impact of sex-associated biological characteristics on this relationship is unknown. We examined whether sex and gonadal hormone concentrations moderated the relationships between FC and LOC-eating severity among healthy boys and girls across the weight strata in natural and laboratory environments.
methodUsing ecological momentary assessment (EMA), FC, and LOC-eating severity were reported 3-5 times a day for 2 weeks. In the laboratory, participants reported FC, consumed lunch from a buffet test meal designed to simulate LOC-eating, and rated LOC-eating severity during the meal.
resultsEighty-seven youth (13.0 ± 2.7 years, 58.6% female, 32.2% with overweight/obesity) participated. EMA measured general and momentary FC were positively associated with LOC-eating severity (ps < .01), with no differences by sex (ps = .21-.93). Estradiol and progesterone significantly moderated the relationships between FC and LOC-eating such that general FC and LOC-eating severity were only positively associated among girls with greater (vs. lower) estradiol (p = .01), and momentary FC and LOC-eating severity were only positively associated among girls with greater (vs. lower) progesterone (p = .01). Boys' testosterone did not significantly moderate the associations between FC and LOC-eating severity (ps = .36-.97). At the test meal, pre-meal FC were positively related to LOC-eating severity (p < .01), without sex or hormonal moderation (ps = .20-.64). DISCUSSION: FC were related to LOC-eating severity in boys and girls. In the natural environment, gonadal hormones moderated this relationship in girls, but not boys. The mechanisms through which gonadal hormones might affect the relationship between FC and LOC-eating warrant investigation.
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