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Marques CC, Palmeira L, Castilho P, Rodrigues D, Mayr A, Pina TS, Pereira AT, Castelo-Branco M, Goss K. Online Compassion Focused Therapy for overeating: Feasibility and acceptability pilot study. Int J Eat Disord 2024; 57:410-422. [PMID: 38124655 DOI: 10.1002/eat.24118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This pilot study aims to investigate the feasibility, acceptability, and potential effectiveness of online Compassion Focused Therapy for overeating (CFT-OE). METHOD Eighteen Portuguese women seeking treatment for overeating were enrolled in this study, and 15 participants completed the CFT-OE. This was a single-arm study. Participants were assessed at pre- and post-intervention and 3-month follow-up. All participants completed measures assessing binge eating, cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating, emotional eating, general eating psychopathology, general and body shame, self-criticism, self-compassion, and fears of self-compassion. RESULTS The treatment attrition rate was 16.7%, which is relatively low compared to other similar online interventions. Participants gave positive feedback on the program and indicated they would recommend it to people with similar difficulties. CFT-OE improved self-compassion and reduced eating psychopathology symptoms, general and body shame, self-criticism, and fears of self-compassion. Clinical significance analysis showed that the majority of participants were classified as in recovery in all measures at post-intervention and 3-month follow-up. DISCUSSION Preliminary results suggest that the online CFT-OE program is an acceptable and feasible intervention. Results also suggest that CFT-OE is beneficial for the treatment of women with difficulties with overeating. A future randomized controlled trial is necessary to establish the effectiveness of the CFT-OE. PUBLIC SIGNIFICANCE This study indicates that online CFT-OE is a feasible and adequate intervention for women who struggle with overeating. This therapy showed promising results in reducing eating disorder symptoms, shame, and self-criticism and improving self-compassion. As an online intervention, CFT-OE may be more accessible and offer an alternative to in-person therapy.
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- Cristiana C Marques
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Institute for Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Psychological Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Portucalense Psychology Institute (I2P), Portucalense University, Porto, Portugal
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- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Biometrics, Informatics and Epidemiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Psychological Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Institute for Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership Trust, Coventry Eating Disorder Service, Coventry, UK
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Song S, Zilverstand A, Gui W, Pan X, Zhou X. Reducing craving and consumption in individuals with drug addiction, obesity or overeating through neuromodulation intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis of its follow-up effects. Addiction 2022; 117:1242-1255. [PMID: 34514666 DOI: 10.1111/add.15686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Non-invasive brain stimulation has shown potential in clinical applications aiming at reducing craving and consumption levels in individuals with drug addiction or overeating behaviour. However, it is unclear whether these intervention effects are maintained over time. This study aimed to measure the immediate, short- and long-term effects of excitatory transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) targeting at dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) in people with drug addiction or overeating. METHODS A systematic review and random effects meta-analysis. We included 20 articles (total of 22 studies using randomized controlled trials: 3 alcohol dependence, 3 drug dependence, 12 smoking, 4 overeating; total: 720 participants) from January 2000 to June 2020, which reported at least one follow-up assessment of craving, consumption or abstinence levels after the intervention. We compared effects of active versus sham stimulation immediately after the intervention and at the last follow-up assessment, as compared with baseline. RESULTS Excitatory neuromodulation of dlPFC activity reduced craving and consumption immediately after the intervention (craving: g = 0.734, CI = 0.447-1.021, P < 0.001; consumption: g = 0.527, CI = 0.309-0.745; P < 0.001), as well as during short-, mid- and long-term abstinence (craving: g = 0.677, CI = 0.440-0.914, P < 0.001; consumption: g = 0.445, CI = 0.245-0.645, P < 0.001; abstinence levels: g = 0.698, CI = 0.433-0.963, P < 0.001; average time of follow-up: 84 ± 83 days after last stimulation). Additional analysis demonstrated that the intervention effects were sustained in all populations studied (food, nicotine, alcohol or drug abuse) and with both stimulation techniques used (rTMS, tDCS). Interventions targeting at the left (vs right) hemisphere may be more effective. CONCLUSIONS Excitatory neuromodulation targeting the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex appears to lead to a sustained reduction of craving and consumption in individuals with addiction or overeating behaviour.
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- Sensen Song
- Department of Psychology, School of Humanities, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychology, School of Humanities, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
- PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, Beijing, China
- School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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Unick JL, Dunsiger SI, Leblond T, Hahn K, Thomas JG, Abrantes AM, Stroud LR, Wing RR. Randomized Trial Examining the Effect of a 12-wk Exercise Program on Hedonic Eating. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2021; 53:1638-1647. [PMID: 34261994 PMCID: PMC8283005 DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000002619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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PURPOSE This efficacy trial tests the hypothesis that exercise training favorably affects hedonic eating (i.e., overeating, stress-induced overeating, disinhibited eating, eating when tempted), in a sample of women who are overweight or obese. METHODS Participants were inactive at baseline, self-identified as "stress eaters," and were randomized to 12 wk of moderate-intensity exercise training (EX; combination of supervised and objectively confirmed unsupervised sessions) or to a no-exercise control condition (CON). EX participants were given an exercise goal of 200 min·wk-1. No dietary instructions or weight control strategies were provided. Assessments occurred at baseline and 12 wk. Overeating episodes, stress-induced overeating, and dietary temptations were measured over 14 d at each assessment using ecological momentary assessment. Disinhibition and dietary restraint were assessed via a questionnaire. RESULTS Forty-nine participants (age, 40.4 ± 10.8 yr; body mass index, 32.4 ± 4.1 kg·m-2) enrolled, and 39 completed this study. Adherence to the exercise intervention was high (99.4% of all prescribed exercise). At week 12, the proportion of eating episodes that were characterized as overeating episodes was lower in EX versus CON (21.98% in EX vs 26.62% in control; P = 0.001). Disinhibition decreased in EX but not in CON (P = 0.02) and was driven by internal factors. There was a trend such that CON was more likely to give into dietary temptations (P = 0.08). Stress-induced overeating was low and did not differ between conditions (P = 0.61). CONCLUSIONS Exercise training reduced the likelihood of overeating and eating in response to internal cues in women who self-identified as stress eaters. This may be one pathway by which exercise affects body weight.
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- Jessica L Unick
- Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI
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- Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
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- Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
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- Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
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- Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital and Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI
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- Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
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Manasse SM, Michael ML, Lin M, Gillikin L, Zhang F, Forman EM, Juarascio A. Can a Short Screening Tool Discriminate Between Overeating and Binge Eating in Treatment-Seeking Individuals with Obesity? Obesity (Silver Spring) 2021; 29:706-712. [PMID: 33759384 PMCID: PMC8142689 DOI: 10.1002/oby.23128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Existing screening tools are inadequate in differentiating binge eating from normative overeating in treatment-seeking individuals with overweight or obesity, as these individuals tend to overendorse loss-of-control (LOC; the hallmark characteristic of binge eating) on self-report measures. In order for treatment centers to efficiently and accurately identify individuals who would benefit from specialized treatment, it is critical to develop effective brief screening tools. This study examined the sensitivity and specificity of a self-report screener designed to be used by an outpatient treatment center on a large scale. METHODS Participants were treatment-seeking individuals (N = 364) with overweight or obesity who were administered the screener and who completed a subsequent interview assessing for LOC and binge eating. RESULTS Discriminant analyses revealed that the screener achieved 77.6% sensitivity and 77.0% specificity in predicting clinician-assessed LOC and 75.2% sensitivity and 74.1% specificity in predicting "full-threshold" binge eating (i.e., ≥12 objectively large binge-eating episodes within the past 3 months). Post hoc analyses indicated that male participants were more likely to be misclassified with the screener. CONCLUSIONS The self-report screener demonstrated satisfactory predictive ability, which is notable given the challenges of discriminating between LOC and normative overeating. However, room for improvement remains. In particular, the inclusion of additional screener items that more fully capture the binge-eating experience in males is warranted.
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- Stephanie M. Manasse
- Center for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Center for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Center for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Center for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Center for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Center for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Obesity is a chronic recurring disease whose prevalence has almost tripled over the past 40 years. In individuals with obesity, there is significant increased risk of morbidity and mortality, along with decreased quality of life. Increased obesity prevalence results, at least partly, from the increased global food supply that provides ubiquitous access to tasty, energy-dense foods. These hedonic foods and the nonfood cues that through association become reward predictive cues activate brain appetitive control circuits that drive hyperphagia and weight gain by enhancing food-seeking, motivation, and reward. Behavioral therapy (diet and lifestyle modifications) is the recommended initial treatment for obesity, yet it often fails to achieve meaningful weight loss. Furthermore, those who lose weight regain it over time through biological regulation. The need to effectively treat the pathophysiology of obesity thus centers on biologically based approaches such as bariatric surgery and more recently developed drug therapies. This review highlights neurobiological aspects relevant to obesity causation and treatment by emphasizing the common aspects of the feeding-inhibitory effects of multiple signals. We focus on glucagon like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) signaling as a promising obesity treatment target by discussing the activation of intestinal- and brain-derived GLP-1 and GLP-1R expressing central nervous system circuits resulting from normal eating, bariatric surgery, and GLP-1R agonist drug therapy. Given the increased availability of energy-dense foods and frequent encounters with cues that drive hyperphagia, this review also describes how bariatric surgery and GLP-1R agonist therapies influence food reward and the motivational drive to overeat.
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- Harvey J Grill
- Institute of Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Graduate Groups for Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Correspondence: Harvey J. Grill, Institute of Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Graduate Groups fo Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104. E-mail:
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OBJECTIVES Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disorder associated with varying degrees of hyperphagia, obesity, intellectual disability, and anxiety across the affected individuals' lifetimes. This study quantified caregiver priorities for potential treatment endpoints to identify unmet needs in PWS. METHODS The authors partnered with the International Consortium to Advance Clinical Trials for PWS (PWS-CTC) and a diverse stakeholder advisory board to develop a best-worst scaling instrument. Seven relevant endpoints were assessed using a balanced incomplete block design. Caregivers were asked to determine the most and least important of a sub-set of four endpoints in each task. Caregivers were recruited nationally though patient registries, email lists, and social media. Best-worst score was calculated to determine caregiver priorities; ranging from 0 (least important) to 10 (most important). A novel kernel-smoothing approach was used to analyze caregiver endpoint priority variations with relation to age of the PWS individual. RESULTS In total, 457 caregivers participated in the study. Respondents were mostly parents (97%), females (83%), and Caucasian (87%) who cared for a PWS individual ranging from 4-54 years. Caregivers value treatments addressing hyperphagia (score = 7.08, SE = 0.17) and anxiety (score = 6.35, SE = 0.16) as most important. Key variations in priorities were observed across age, including treatments targeting anxiety, temper outbursts, and intellectual functions. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that caregivers prioritize hyperphagia and, using a novel method, demonstrates that this is independent of the age of the person with PWS. This is even the case for parents of young children who have yet to experience hyperphagia, indicating that these results are not subject to a hypothetical bias.
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- Jui-Hua Tsai
- a Health Policy and Management Department, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , Baltimore , MD , USA
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- b Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition , Johns Hopkins Hospital , Baltimore , MD , USA
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- c Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado , Aurora , CO , USA
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- d Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (FPWR) , Walnut , CA , USA
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- e Department of Biomedical Informatics , The Ohio State University College of Medicine , Columbus , OH , USA
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review examines the food addiction model and the role of food hedonic pathways in the pathogenesis and treatment of obesity. RECENT FINDINGS The hedonic pathway interacts with the obesogenic environment to override homeostatic mechanisms to cause increase in body weight. Weight gain sustained over time leads to "upward setting" of defended level of body-fat mass. There are neurobiological and phenotypic similarities and differences between hedonic pathways triggered by food compared with other addictive substances, and the entity of food addiction remains controversial. Treatment for obesity including pharmacotherapy and bariatric surgery impacts on neural pathways governing appetite and hedonic control of food intake. The food addiction model may also have significant impact on public health policy, regulation of certain foods, and weight stigma and bias. Recent rapid progress in delineation of food hedonic pathways advances our understanding of obesity and facilitates development of effective treatment measures against the disease.
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- Phong Ching Lee
- Obesity and Metabolism Unit, Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital, Bukit Merah, Singapore
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- Clinical Obesity Research, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, 75 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia.
- Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia.
- Primary Care Research Unit, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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The concept of addiction is loaded with connotations and is often used for its political as much as its medical utility. The scientific case for 'food addiction' as a clinical phenotype currently rests on its association with generic diagnostic criteria for substance-related disorders being applied to everyday foods and eating-related problems. This has fused the concept of obesity with addiction regardless of whether it fits the definition. The hedonic, or reward, system can account for the ingestion of foods and drugs, confirming that they share neural substrates that differentiate liking and wanting. These are normal processes that are recruited for natural homeostatic behaviours and can explain the phenomenon of hedonic overeating as a consequence of human motivation pushed to extremes by an obesogenic environment. Food addiction constitutes a medicalization of common eating behaviours, taking on the properties of a disease. The use of this medical language has implications for the way in which society views overeating and obesity.
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- Graham Finlayson
- School of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine &Health, Lifton Place, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, West Yorkshire, UK
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Meyer-Kovac J, Kolbe I, Ehrhardt L, Leliavski A, Husse J, Salinas G, Lingner T, Tsang AH, Barclay JL, Oster H. Hepatic gene therapy rescues high-fat diet responses in circadian Clock mutant mice. Mol Metab 2017; 6:512-523. [PMID: 28580282 PMCID: PMC5444075 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2017.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Revised: 03/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Circadian Clock gene mutant mice show dampened 24-h feeding rhythms and an increased sensitivity to high-fat diet (HFD) feeding. Restricting HFD access to the dark phase counteracts its obesogenic effect in wild-type mice. The extent to which altered feeding rhythms are causative for the obesogenic phenotype of Clock mutant mice, however, remains unknown. METHODS Metabolic parameters of wild-type (WT) and ClockΔ19 mutant mice (MT) were investigated under ad libitum and nighttime restricted HFD feeding. Liver circadian clock function was partially rescued by hydrodynamic tail vein delivery of WT-Clock DNA vectors in mutant mice and transcriptional, metabolic, endocrine and behavioral rhythms studied. RESULTS Nighttime-restricted feeding restored food intake, but not body weight regulation in MT mice under HFD, suggesting Clock-dependent metabolic dysregulation downstream of circadian appetite control. Liver-directed Clock gene therapy partially restored liver circadian oscillator function and transcriptome regulation without affecting centrally controlled circadian behaviors. Under HFD, MT mice with partially restored liver clock function (MT-LR) showed normalized body weight gain, rescued 24-h food intake rhythms, and WT-like energy expenditure. This was associated with decreased nighttime leptin and daytime ghrelin levels, reduced hepatic lipid accumulation, and improved glucose tolerance. Transcriptome analysis revealed that hepatic Clock rescue in MT mice affected a range of metabolic pathways. CONCLUSION Liver Clock gene therapy improves resistance against HFD-induced metabolic impairments in mice with circadian clock disruption. Restoring or stabilizing liver clock function might be a promising target for therapeutic interventions in obesity and metabolic disorders.
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- Judit Meyer-Kovac
- Circadian Rhythms Group, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Chronophysiology Group, Medical Department 1, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Circadian Rhythms Group, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Chronophysiology Group, Medical Department 1, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- Institute for Nutrition Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Circadian Rhythms Group, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Core Facility, Institute Developmental Biochemistry, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany
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- Microarray and Deep-Sequencing Core Facility, Institute Developmental Biochemistry, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany
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- Circadian Rhythms Group, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
- Chronophysiology Group, Medical Department 1, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Circadian Rhythms Group, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
- Chronophysiology Group, Medical Department 1, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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Kase CA, Piers AD, Schaumberg K, Forman EM, Butryn ML. The relationship of alcohol use to weight loss in the context of behavioral weight loss treatment. Appetite 2016; 99:105-111. [PMID: 26792773 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Revised: 01/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Despite common wisdom that reducing alcohol intake will facilitate weight loss, little research has examined whether participants in behavioral weight loss treatments actually decrease their alcohol intake, or whether reduced alcohol intake relates to weight loss outcomes in this context. This study examined the relationship of alcohol use to energy intake excluding alcohol and to weight in 283 overweight and obese adults participating in a 26-session behavioral weight loss treatment. The majority of participants consumed low to moderate levels of alcohol at baseline. Participants who consumed alcohol at baseline meaningfully reduced their alcohol intake by end-of-treatment. Alcohol use did not relate to weight at baseline or end-of-treatment when controlling for relevant demographic variables, and change in alcohol use was unrelated to weight change in the overall sample during treatment. However, end-of-treatment alcohol intake did relate to end-of-treatment energy intake excluding alcohol. In addition, behavioral impulsivity and change in alcohol intake interacted to predict weight loss, such that decreases in alcohol intake were associated with greater percent weight loss at end-of-treatment for participants with higher levels of impulsivity. Alcohol consumption may lead to overeating episodes, and highly impulsive individuals may be at risk for increased energy intake during or after episodes of drinking. Therefore, the recommendation to reduce alcohol intake in the context of behavioral weight loss treatment seems warranted, particularly for individuals with high levels of impulsivity.
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- Colleen A Kase
- Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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- Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Brockmeyer T, Hamze Sinno M, Skunde M, Wu M, Woehning A, Rudofsky G, Friederich HC. Inhibitory Control and Hedonic Response towards Food Interactively Predict Success in a Weight Loss Programme for Adults with Obesity. Obes Facts 2016; 9:299-309. [PMID: 27701173 PMCID: PMC5644782 DOI: 10.1159/000447492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Low inhibitory control and strong hedonic response towards food are considered to contribute to overeating and obesity. Based on previous research, the present study aimed at examining the potentially crucial interplay between these two factors in terms of long-term weight loss in people with obesity. METHODS BMI, inhibitory control towards food, and food liking were assessed in obese adults prior to a weight reduction programme (OPTIFAST® 52). After the weight reduction phase (week 13) and the weight loss maintenance phase (week 52), participants' BMI was re-assessed. RESULTS Baseline BMI, inhibitory control and food liking alone did not predict weight loss. As hypothesised, however, inhibitory control and food liking interactively predicted weight loss from baseline to week 13 and to week 52 (albeit the latter effect was less robust). Participants with low inhibitory control and marked food liking were less successful in weight reduction. CONCLUSION These findings underscore the relevance of the interplay between cognitive control and food reward valuation in the maintenance of obesity.
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- Timo Brockmeyer
- Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- *Dr. Timo Brockmeyer, Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany,
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- Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Psychology, College of Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine, Medizinische Klinik, Kantonsspital Olten, Olten, Switzerland
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- Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Boutelle KN, Bouton ME. Implications of learning theory for developing programs to decrease overeating. Appetite 2015; 93:62-74. [PMID: 25998235 PMCID: PMC4654402 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Revised: 04/30/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Childhood obesity is associated with medical and psychological comorbidities, and interventions targeting overeating could be pragmatic and have a significant impact on weight. Calorically dense foods are easily available, variable, and tasty which allows for effective opportunities to learn to associate behaviors and cues in the environment with food through fundamental conditioning processes, resulting in measurable psychological and physiological food cue reactivity in vulnerable children. Basic research suggests that initial learning is difficult to erase, and that it is vulnerable to a number of phenomena that will allow the original learning to re-emerge after it is suppressed or replaced. These processes may help explain why it may be difficult to change food cue reactivity and overeating over the long term. Extinction theory may be used to develop effective cue-exposure treatments to decrease food cue reactivity through inhibitory learning, although these processes are complex and require an integral understanding of the theory and individual differences. Additionally, learning theory can be used to develop other interventions that may prove to be useful. Through an integration of learning theory, basic and translational research, it may be possible to develop interventions that can decrease the urges to overeat, and improve the weight status of children.
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- Kerri N Boutelle
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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Individuals with low distress tolerance (DT) experience negative emotion as particularly threatening and are highly motivated to reduce or avoid such affective experiences. Consequently, these individuals have difficulty regulating emotions and tend to engage in maladaptive strategies, such as overeating, as a means to reduce or avoid distress. Hatha yoga encourages one to implement present-centered awareness and non-reaction in the face of physical and psychological discomfort and, thus, emerges as a potential strategy for increasing DT. To test whether a hatha yoga intervention can enhance DT, a transdiagnostic risk and maintenance factor, this study randomly assigned females high in emotional eating in response to stress (N = 52) either to an 8-week, twice-weekly hatha (Bikram) yoga intervention or to a waitlist control condition. Self-reported DT and emotional eating were measured at baseline, weekly during treatment, and 1-week post-treatment. Consistent with prediction, participants in the yoga condition reported greater increases in DT over the course of the intervention relative to waitlist participants (Cohen's d = .82). Also consistent with prediction, the reduction in emotional eating was greater for the yoga condition than the waitlist condition (Cohen's d = .92). Importantly, reductions distress absorption, a specific sub-facet of DT, accounted for 15% of the variance in emotional eating, a hallmark behavior of eating pathology and risk factor for obesity.
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- Johnna Medina
- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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Salehi P, Leavitt A, Beck AE, Chen ML, Roth CL. Obesity management in Prader-Willi syndrome. Pediatr Endocrinol Rev 2015; 12:297-307. [PMID: 25962207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is one of the most common genetic causes of obesity. The phenotype of obesity in PWS is unique and characterized by hyperphagia, earlier meal initiation, delayed meal termination, reduced energy expenditure, abnormal gut hormone profiles, as well as irregular responses to food in areas of the brain associated with satiety and reward. Management of obesity is necessary to avoid major morbidity. The relentless food-seeking behavior associated with PWS such as stealing, hoarding food, eating inedibles, and lying about eating, can cause turmoil both inside and outside of the home. Management is challenging for both patients and caretakers, but at this time there are limited medical therapies available besides dietary restriction and behavior management. However, current research shows promise for discovery of additional treatment options for hyperphagia and obesity management in PWS.
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Heymsfield SB, Avena NM, Baier L, Brantley P, Bray GA, Burnett LC, Butler MG, Driscoll DJ, Egli D, Elmquist J, Forster JL, Goldstone AP, Gourash LM, Greenway FL, Han JC, Kane JG, Leibel RL, Loos RJ, Scheimann AO, Roth CL, Seeley RJ, Sheffield V, Tauber M, Vaisse C, Wang L, Waterland RA, Wevrick R, Yanovski JA, Zinn AR. Hyperphagia: current concepts and future directions proceedings of the 2nd international conference on hyperphagia. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2014; 22 Suppl 1:S1-S17. [PMID: 24574081 PMCID: PMC4159941 DOI: 10.1002/oby.20646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Hyperphagia is a central feature of inherited disorders (e.g., Prader-Willi Syndrome) in which obesity is a primary phenotypic component. Hyperphagia may also contribute to obesity as observed in the general population, thus raising the potential importance of common underlying mechanisms and treatments. Substantial gaps in understanding the molecular basis of inherited hyperphagia syndromes are present as are a lack of mechanistic of mechanistic targets that can serve as a basis for pharmacologic and behavioral treatments. DESIGN AND METHODS International conference with 28 experts, including scientists and caregivers, providing presentations, panel discussions, and debates. RESULTS The reviewed collective research and clinical experience provides a critical body of new and novel information on hyperphagia at levels ranging from molecular to population. Gaps in understanding and tools needed for additional research were identified. CONCLUSIONS This report documents the full scope of important topics reviewed at a comprehensive international meeting devoted to the topic of hyperphagia and identifies key areas for future funding and research.
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- Steven B. Heymsfield
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Diabetes Molecular Genetics Section, Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, NIDDK, NIH, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
- New York Stem Cell Foundation, New York, New York, USA
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- Metabolic & Molecular Imaging Group, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, UK
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- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Section on Growth and Obesity, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA), Sarasota, Florida, USA
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- College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- The Genetics of Obesity and Related Metabolic Traits Program, The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Hepatology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Center of Excellence in Obesity and Diabetes, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Endocrinology, Hôpital des Enfants and Paul Sabatier Université, Toulouse, France
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- University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
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- College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics and Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Section on Growth and Obesity, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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St-Amour N, St-Pierre L. [Hyperphagic bulimia]. Perspect Infirm 2013; 10:47-50. [PMID: 24358674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Raman J, Smith E, Hay P. The clinical obesity maintenance model: an integration of psychological constructs including mood, emotional regulation, disordered overeating, habitual cluster behaviours, health literacy and cognitive function. J Obes 2013; 2013:240128. [PMID: 23710346 PMCID: PMC3654353 DOI: 10.1155/2013/240128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2012] [Accepted: 01/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Psychological distress and deficits in executive functioning are likely to be important barriers to effective weight loss maintenance. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, in the light of recent evidence in the fields of neuropsychology and obesity, particularly on the deficits in the executive function in overweight and obese individuals, a conceptual and theoretical framework of obesity maintenance is introduced by way of a clinical obesity maintenance model (COMM). It is argued that psychological variables, that of habitual cluster Behaviors, emotional dysregulation, mood, and health literacy, interact with executive functioning and impact on the overeating/binge eating behaviors of obese individuals. Second, cognizant of this model, it is argued that the focus of obesity management should be extended to include a broader range of maintaining mechanisms, including but not limited to cognitive deficits. Finally, a discussion on potential future directions in research and practice using the COMM is provided.
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- Jayanthi Raman
- School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1747, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
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- School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, 34 Botany Street, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
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- School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1747, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
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The senior patient and/or the geriatrician are confronted with a confusing literature describing how patients interested in combating metabolic syndrome, diabesity (diabetes plus obesity) or simple obesity might best proceed. The present paper gives a brief outline of the basic disease processes that underlie metabolic pro-inflammation, including how one might go about devising the most potent and practical detoxification from such metabolic compromise. The role that dietary restriction plays in pro-inflammatory detoxification (detox), including how a modified fast (selective food abstinence) is incorporated into this process, is developed. The unique aspects of geriatric bariatric medicine are elucidated, including the concepts of sarcopenia and the obesity paradox. Important caveats involving the senior seeking weight loss are offered. By the end of the paper, the reader will have a greater appreciation for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for geriatric patients who wish to overcome food addiction and reverse pro-inflammatory states of ill-heath. This includes the toxic metabolic processes that create obesity complicated by type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) which collectively we call diabesity. In that regard, diabesity is often the central pathology that leads to the evolution of the metabolic syndrome. The paper also affords the reader a solid review of the neurometabolic processes that effectuate anorexigenic versus orexigenic inputs to obesity that drive food addiction. We argue that these processes lead to either weight gain or weight loss by a tripartite system involving metabolic, addictive and relational levels of organismal functioning. Recalibrating the way we negotiate these three levels of daily functioning often determines success or failure in terms of overcoming metabolic syndrome and food addiction.
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- Richard L Shriner
- University of Florida, Department of Psychiatry, Gainesville, FL 32610-0183, USA.
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Kojima S, Asakawa A, Amitani H, Sakoguchi T, Ueno N, Inui A, Kalra SP. Central leptin gene therapy, a substitute for insulin therapy to ameliorate hyperglycemia and hyperphagia, and promote survival in insulin-deficient diabetic mice. Peptides 2009; 30:962-6. [PMID: 19428774 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2008] [Revised: 01/08/2009] [Accepted: 01/09/2009] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Long-term benefits of central leptin gene therapy in insulin-deficient diabetes are not known despite its therapeutic effects in obesity animal models such as ob/ob and diet-induced obese mice. Adult male mice were injected intraperitoneally with streptozotocin (STZ, 200mg/kg) to induce insulitis. A week later, only diabetic STZ-pretreated mice (blood glucose >350 mg/dl) received intracerebroventricularly (icv) an injection of recombinant adeno-associated virus vector (rAAV) encoding either green fluorescent protein (control), or leptin gene (rAAV-lep). Body weight (BW), food intake, blood glucose, insulin and survival rate responses were monitored post-icv injection at regular intervals for 52 weeks. The STZ pre-injected diabetic mice remained hyperphagic, gradually lost BW and died by week 6 after receiving control vector. In marked contrast, injection of rAAV-lep to raise hypothalamic leptin levels, rescued the STZ-pretreated mice from early mortality, gradually curbed hyperphagia to normalize intake by week 20, and maintained BW at significantly lower than the control range. Blood glucose levels in these mice started to recede dramatically by week 2-3 to normalize by week 8, and euglycemia was sustained during the remaining course of the experiment. rAAV-lep injected mice did not exhibit any discernible untoward gross behavioral changes and diabetic complications and showed a partial return of pancreatic beta-cell function. These results show for the first time that one time central leptin gene therapy is effective and durable in reinstating euglycemia and energy homeostasis for extended periods in the absence of insulin.
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- Shinya Kojima
- Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
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Boghossian S, Ueno N, Dube MG, Kalra P, Kalra S. Leptin gene transfer in the hypothalamus enhances longevity in adult monogenic mutant mice in the absence of circulating leptin. Neurobiol Aging 2006; 28:1594-604. [PMID: 17011078 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2006] [Revised: 08/17/2006] [Accepted: 08/24/2006] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Leptin, a product of the ob gene, is a pleiotropic signal implicated in regulation of multiple physiological functions in the periphery and centrally, including hypothalamic integration of energy homeostasis. Recessive mutations of ob gene result in early onset of hyperphagia, morbid obesity, metabolic disorders, early mortality and shortened life-span. Intracerebroventricular injection of recombinant adeno-associated virus vector (rAAV) encoding the leptin gene in adult obese ob/ob mice enhanced leptin transgene expression only in the hypothalamus, normalized food intake, body weight and more than doubled the life-span as compared to control cohorts and extended it to near that of normal wild type mice. These life-extending benefits were associated with drastic reductions in visceral fat, and blood glucose and insulin levels, but elevated ghrelin levels, the anti-aging biomarkers. Thus, bioavailability of leptin transduced by ectopic gene in the hypothalamus alone is both necessary and sufficient to normalize life-span. Evidently, site-specific ectopic gene expression with rAAV is durable and safe for alleviating neural disorders that stem from missing or functional disruption of a single gene.
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- Stéphane Boghossian
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Levine MD, Ringham RM, Kalarchian MA, Wisniewski L, Marcus MD. Overeating among seriously overweight children seeking treatment: results of the children's eating disorder examination. Int J Eat Disord 2006; 39:135-40. [PMID: 16231347 PMCID: PMC2892332 DOI: 10.1002/eat.20218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We sought to examine rates of eating disorder symptoms among seriously overweight children seeking treatment using the Eating Disorder Examination for Children (ChEDE) and to provide initial data about their association with treatment outcome. METHOD Overweight children (N = 27) 8-13 years old were interviewed using the ChEDE before participating in a family-based behavioral treatment program. Height and weight were measured pretreatment, posttreatment, and approximately 8 months posttreatment. RESULTS Fifteen percent of children reported subjective bulimic episodes (SBE). Weight loss did not differ for children with and without SBEs, but concerns about body shape were related to larger weight losses during treatment. CONCLUSION A considerable minority of treatment-seeking overweight children report an episodic sense of loss of control over eating. Loss of control is related to other disordered eating attitudes and behaviors, but does not appear to affect treatment outcome. Future studies are needed to replicate these initial findings.
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- Michele D Levine
- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
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Grilo CM, Masheb RM. A randomized controlled comparison of guided self-help cognitive behavioral therapy and behavioral weight loss for binge eating disorder. Behav Res Ther 2005; 43:1509-25. [PMID: 16159592 DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2004.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2004] [Revised: 11/09/2004] [Accepted: 11/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We performed a randomized controlled study to test the relative efficacy of guided self-help (gsh) cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBTgsh) and behavioral weight loss treatment (BWLgsh) treatments for binge eating disorder (BED). To provide an additional partial control for non-specific influences of attention, a third control (CON) treatment condition was included. We tested the treatments using a guided self-help approach given the promising results from initial studies using minimal therapist guidance. Ninety consecutive overweight patients (19 males, 71 females) with BED were randomly assigned (5:5:2 ratio) to one of three treatments: CBTgsh (N=37), BWLgsh (N=38), or CON (N=15). The three 12-week treatment conditions were administered individually following guided self-help protocols. Overall, 70 (78%) completed treatments; CBTgsh (87%) and CON (87%) had significantly higher completion rates than BWLgsh (67%). Intent-to-treat analyses revealed that CBTgsh had significantly higher remission rates (46%) than either BWLgsh (18%) or CON (13%). Weight loss was minimal and differed little across treatments. The findings suggest that CBT, administered via guided self-help, demonstrates efficacy for BED, but not for obesity. The findings support CBT administered via guided self-help as a first step in the treatment of BED and provide evidence for its specific effects.
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- Carlos M Grilo
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 301 Cedar Street-2nd Floor, P.O. Box 208098, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Caplan JE, Beresin E, Prager LA, Schwartz RS. The food preoccupations of a nine-year-old girl: what do they portend? Harv Rev Psychiatry 2005; 13:300-11. [PMID: 16251168 DOI: 10.1080/10673220500326490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Jane E Caplan
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Barbe P, Pinaquy S. [How to define and to analyse troubles of eating behaviours?]. Ann Endocrinol (Paris) 2003; 64:S22-7. [PMID: 14707900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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Eating disorders are frequent in obese patients, and often underreported. However, it is mandatory to diagnose and to assess them, as therapeutic management of these eating disorders should precede weight loss attempts. We describe the main eating disorders, their diagnosis and assessment, as well as the important steps of the management strategy, in which cognitive-behavioural therapy should play a major role.
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- P Barbe
- Service d'Endocrinologie et Nutrition, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse, France
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Köpp W. [10-minute consultation. Eating attacks]. MMW Fortschr Med 2003; 145:68. [PMID: 14603695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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Yang R, Newgard CB. Hepatic expression of a targeting subunit of protein phosphatase-1 in streptozotocin-diabetic rats reverses hyperglycemia and hyperphagia despite depressed glucokinase expression. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:23418-25. [PMID: 12697773 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m213112200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Glycogen-targeting subunits of protein phosphatase-1 (PP-1) are scaffolding proteins that facilitate the regulation of key enzymes of glycogen metabolism by PP-1. In the current study, we have tested the effects of hepatic expression of GMDeltaC, a truncated version of the muscle-targeting subunit isoform, in rats rendered insulin-deficient via injection of a single moderate dose of streptozotocin (STZ). Three key findings emerged. First, GMDeltaC expression in liver was sufficient to fully normalize blood glucose levels (from 335 +/- 31 mg/dl prior to viral injection to 109 +/- 28 mg/dl 6 days after injection) and liver glycogen content in STZ-injected rats. Second, this normalization occurred despite very low levels of liver glucokinase expression in the insulin-deficient STZ-injected rats. Finally, the hyperphagia induced by STZ injection was completely reversed by GMDeltaC expression in liver. In contrast to these findings with GMDeltaC, overexpression of another targeting subunit, GL, in STZ-injected rats caused a large increase in liver glycogen stores but only a transient decrease in food intake and blood glucose levels. The surprising demonstration of a glucose-lowering effect of GMDeltaC in the background of depressed hepatic glucokinase expression suggests that controlled stimulation of liver glycogen storage may be an effective mechanism for improving glucose homeostasis, even when normal pathways of glucose disposal are impaired.
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- Ruojing Yang
- Department of Pharmacology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Antoniou M, Tasca GA, Wood J, Bissada H. Binge eating disorder versus overeating: a failure to replicate and common factors in severely obese treatment seeking women. Eat Weight Disord 2003; 8:145-9. [PMID: 12880192 DOI: 10.1007/bf03325004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The disordered eating symptoms, general psychopathology and dieting history among obese women diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder (BED) and obese women who overeat (OE) are examined. One hundred and thirty women (n=83 with BED and n=47 who overeat) seeking treatment for an eating disorder were diagnosed using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) criteria and the Eating Disorders Examination (EDE). They also completed a battery of psychometric tests. Despite adequate statistical power to detect differences, MANOVAs revealed very few significant differences between the groups. Loss of control of eating does not adequately differentiate these two groups within an eating disorders treatment-seeking context. It is likely that only the most acutely distressed from each group is seeking treatment, so that differences found in a community sample would not be found. Using a principal components analysis, factors within each group that may underlie the common psychopathology of both groups (i.e. disordered eating symptoms, general psychopathology and dieting history) were found.
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Benabid AL, Le Bas JF, Pollak P. [Therapeutic and physiopathological contribution of electric stimulation of deep brain structures in Parkinson's disease]. Bull Acad Natl Med 2003; 187:305-19; discussion 319-22. [PMID: 14556443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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Ablative functional neurosurgery constituted during the first half of the 20th century the main treatment of advanced forms of Parkinson's disease. The surgical procedure was spectacularly efficient on tremor, but sometimes complications were not totally regressive and even more severe when surgery was bilateral, this leading to neurocognitive deficits or to speech problems. This, associated to the efficiency of levodopa, was at the origin of the almost total disappearance of this type of surgery during the '60s until the eighties. The rebirth of functional neurosurgery, necessitated by the appearance of dyskinesias, was possible in most part because of the development of techniques with a lower morbidity, such as high frequency stimulation (HFS). This was initially applied to the thalamic ventral intermedius nucleus VIM, and the low morbidity of the method has been demonstrated by the possibility to operate a large number of patients bilaterally without complication. The demonstration that the pallidal target, which had been abandoned during the '50s because of its low efficiency on the triad of symptoms of Parkinson's disease, was selectively efficient on dyskinesias, led naturally to apply HFS to this target. In 1990, the demonstration in the field of fundamental research of the role of the subthalamic nucleus as a key element of regulation of movement, suggested to register this nucleus into the list of targets, despite the risk of hemiballism that this structure presents when it is lesioned by haemorrhage, because of the good tolerance of HFS as a surgical method. This target quickly showed its remarkable efficiency on all symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Because of the reduction of the doses of dopaminergic treatments which were allowed, this target had also the capacity to reduce, indirectly, the intensity of dyskinesias. If the efficiency of the method is nowadays demonstrated as well as the stability on the long term of its results, the mechanism is still mostly not understood. Moreover the physiopathogenic hypothesis suggests the possibility of a neuroprotective effect of the stimulation, which still needs to be clearly established at the experimental level as well as at the level of clinical applications.
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Binge eating disorder (BED) was included in the DSM IV as a proposed diagnostic category for further study and as an example for an eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). BED is characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating in the absence of regular compensatory behavior such as vomiting or laxative abuse. Related features include eating until uncomfortably full, eating when not physically hungry, eating alone and feelings of depression or guilt. BED is associated with increased psychopathology including depression and personality disorders. Although BED is not limited to obese individuals, it is most common in this group and those who seek help do so for treatment of overweight rather than for binge eating. In community samples, the prevalence of BED has been found to be 2-5%, in individuals who seek weight control treatment the prevalence is 30%. BED is more equal in gender ratio than bulimia nervosa. Eating disorder treatments such as cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) or interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) improve binge eating with abstinence rates of about 50%. Antidepressants are also effective in reducing binge eating, though less so than psychotherapy. Standard weight loss treatments including bariatric surgery do not seem to exacerbate binge eating problems. Thus, both eating disorder and obesity treatments seem to be beneficial in BED. However, it is recommended today that treatment should first be directed at the disordered eating and associated psychopathology.
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- M de Zwaan
- Department of General Psychiatry, University Hospital of Psychiatry, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
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OBJECTIVE This open clinical trial examined the efficacy of treating obese patients with binge eating disorder (BED) with phentermine and fluoxetine in the setting of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). METHOD Sixteen obese women received individual CBT along with phentermine/fluoxetine. Treatment goals included elimination of binge eating, weight loss, and reduced psychological distress. Following active treatment, patients were offered once-monthly maintenance treatment for 3 years. RESULTS Patients showed significant reduction in binge frequency, weight loss, and psychological distress at the end of active treatment, but regained most of the weight within 1 year. At 18-month follow-up, there was an ongoing reduction in binge eating for patients who continued maintenance. DISCUSSION Treatment produced comparable binge suppression and more weight loss than most reported studies of CBT alone. However, there is significant weight regain, particularly following medication discontinuation. This study does not support the long-term clinical utility of adding phentermine/fluoxetine to CBT for BED.
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- M J Devlin
- Eating Disorders Unit, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA.
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Prader-Willi syndrome is a multi system disorder characterized by neonatal hypotonia, later obesity, hyperphagia and mental retardation. It occurs sporadically, either as a result of microdeletion of chromosome 15p (70%) or as a result of maternal disomy of chromosome 15 (30%). The major problems encountered by parents are those of hyperphagia, food-seeking and obesity, and conduct disorder, particularly tantrums or oppositional behaviour.
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- R Couper
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Adelaide, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare three group cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) treatment models and a waiting list control condition (WL). METHOD Sixty-one women who met DSM-IV criteria for binge eating disorder (BED) received treatment with the same cognitive-behavioral treatment manual in 14 one-hour sessions over an 8-week period. All sessions consisted of psychoeducation for the first 30 min and group discussion for the second half hour. In the therapist-led condition (TL; n = 16), a doctoral therapist led both the psychoeducational component and group discussion. In the partial self-help condition (PSH; n = 19), participants viewed a 30-min psychoeducational videotape, followed by participation in a therapist-led discussion. In the structured self-help condition (SH; n = 15), subjects viewed the 30-min psychoeducational videotape and subsequently led their own 30-min discussion. Eleven subjects were assigned to a wait-list control condition (WL). The primary outcome variables were frequency and duration of self-reported binge eating episodes. RESULTS A mixed effects linear modeling (random regression) analysis indicated that subjects in all three active treatment conditions showed a decrease in binge eating symptoms over time. No group differences in rates of change over time were observed, although analysis of covariance indicated that all three treatment conditions showed significantly greater improvement in binge eating compared to the WL condition. DISCUSSION The findings from this preliminary study suggest that CBT for BED can be delivered effectively in a structured group self-help format.
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- C B Peterson
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55414, USA
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Little is known about the long-term course of binge eating disorder (BED). The aim of the study was to assess the 3- and 6-year course and outcome of 68 consecutively treated females with BED. Their mean age was 29.3 years and they were assessed longitudinally at four timepoints: (1) beginning of therapy; (2) end of therapy; (3) 3-year follow-up; and (4) 6-year follow-up. Self rating as well as expert ratings were used for assessment. Symptoms of specific eating disorder as well as general psychopathology were measured. The general pattern of results over time was as follows: substantial improvement during therapy; slight (in most cases nonsignificant) decline during the first 3 years after the end of treatment, and further improvement and stabilization in years 4, 5, and 6 after the end of treatment. At the 6-year follow-up, the majority showed no major DSM-IV eating disorder, 5.9% had BED, 7.4% had shifted to bulimia nervosa (purging type) (DSM-IV), 7.4% were classified as ED-NOS, and one patient died. Based on an operationalized global outcome score for the complete sample, 57.4% had good outcome, 35.3% intermediate outcome, 5.9% poor outcome, and one person (1.4%) died. BED and BNP patients showed very similar intermediate and long-term course in self ratings as well as expert ratings.
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- M M Fichter
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Munich, Germany.
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Garvin V, Striegel-Moore RH, Wells AM. Participant reactions to a cognitive-behavioral guided self-help program for binge eating: developing criteria for program evaluation. J Psychosom Res 1998; 44:407-12. [PMID: 9587883 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3999(97)00264-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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This article evaluates the effectiveness of a telephone-based guided self-help program for women who binge eat. We report how key program components (e.g., phone sessions, the self-help book) contribute to the four self-help goals identified in the clinical literature: (1) decrease isolation/increase support; (2) increase knowledge of the problem; (3) broaden coping skills; and (4) improve self-esteem. Using the example of our feasibility study, we illustrate that even minimal interventions create a relational context which can promote entry into and engagement with treatment. We conclude that program evaluation should include not only traditional measures of outcome (e.g., reduction in symptomatology), but utilize outcome measures related to the specific goals of minimal interventions (e.g., changes in help-seeking behavior).
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- V Garvin
- Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459-0408, USA
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This study investigated the relationship between binge eating and the outcome of weight loss treatment. Participants in a 48-week trial of a structured diet combined with exercise and behavior therapy were classified into one of four groups: no overeating; episodic overeating; subthreshold binge-eating disorder(BED); and BED. Binge eating status was not associated with either dropout or adherence to the diet, but did affect weight loss and mood. The BED group lost significantly more weight at the end of treatment than all other groups, even when adjusting for initial weight. At 1-year follow-up, there were no differences among groups in weight loss or weight regain. The BED group began treatment with significantly higher BDI scores, but improvement in mood occurred by week 5. On the basis of these findings, and a review of the recent literature, we conclude that obese binge eaters respond as favorably to standard dietary and behavioral treatments as do obese nonbingers.
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- M M Gladis
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104, USA
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In the present article, a learning model of binge eating is presented. It has been hypothesized that, parallel to drug intake, the craving and excessive food intake of binge eaters is cue controlled. Research in support of the model is reviewed and a series of predictions about clinical and non-clinical issues is derived from the model. Amongst other things, the model predicts that binge eating might be successfully treated with cue exposure and response prevention. Practical issues are discussed and preliminary pilot studies on cue exposure for bingers are reviewed.
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- A Jansen
- Universiteit Maastricht, Department of Psychology, The Netherlands.
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This case study describes a skills training treatment for binge eating which focused on teaching adaptive affect regulation. A 36-year-old obese woman with a long history of severe binge eating received individual treatment specifically aimed at enhancing her emotion regulation abilities. By treatment end she no longer met criteria for binge eating disorder.
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- C F Telch
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5542, USA
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OBJECTIVE This study was designed to explore among individuals with binge eating disorder (BED) perceptions of others' evaluation of their weight-related behavior and affect aroused by such. METHOD Prior to treatment for binge eating and weight loss, 47 subjects diagnosed with BED completed a questionnaire designed to assess the perceived evaluation of an understanding and a critical individual in both positive and negative weight-related situations and subjects' affective responses to being evaluated. RESULTS Subjects exhibited characteristic patterns of affective response to perceived evaluation of their weight-related behavior, with negative situations and critical evaluators evoking greater degrees of negative affect. Negative affect in response to perceived evaluation was associated with poor outcome with weight loss but not binge eating. However, this finding was due to the correlation between negative affect in response to perceived evaluation and global severity of psychopathology (SCL-90-R). DISCUSSION The results suggest that psychopathology in this population predicts poor outcome with weight loss, and further that independent of its relationship with depression, psychopathology is strongly associated with a tendency to experience negative affect in response to perceived evaluation by others of weight-related behavior.
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- K L Eldredge
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305, USA
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DiGioacchino R, Sargent R, Rankin HJ, Sharpe P, Miller P, Hussey JR, Tafakoli AS. Factors associated with weight change among clients of a residential weight control program indicating binge and nonbinge traits. Addict Behav 1997; 22:293-303. [PMID: 9183500 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4603(96)00016-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The long-term effects of a 12- and 26-day residential weight control program on weight change were determined in 187 men and women, 1 to 5 years after treatment. Subjects completed a paper/pencil questionnaire assessing current diet, weight control techniques, exercise behaviors, behavior modification techniques, binge eating, and dieting behavior. General linear modeling was used to investigate the association between behaviors maintained posttreatment and current weight among subjects who demonstrated behaviors indicative of binge traits (BT) and nonbinge traits (NBT). Results indicate that dissimilar variables are predictive of weight change in the BT and NBT groups. Engaging in exercise behaviors and reduced attempts at dieting lead to greater weight loss in NBT individuals. The use of preplaning techniques was found to be indicative of greater weight loss in BT individuals. These findings suggest the importance of identifying individuals who indulge in binge-eating behaviors prior to intervention in order to deliver the appropriate treatment methods.
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- G A Bray
- Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Baton Rouge, USA
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OBJECTIVES To examine the frequency and distribution of depressive symptoms among subjects with binge eating disorder (BED), bulimia nervosa (BN), and major depression. METHODS This study examined depressive symptoms from the Hamilton Depression Scale in 122 BED, 142 BN, and 200 major depression subjects using discriminant function analysis. RESULTS All three groups differed significantly on the Hamilton Depression Scale totals with major depressive disorder (MDD) subjects having the highest and BED subjects the lowest totals. Eighteen items differentiated MDD from the eating disorder groups. Three items-gastrointestinal (GI) somatic symptoms, paranoid symptoms, and obsessional symptoms-distinguished BED and BN. In each case these symptoms were more common in BN subjects. DISCUSSION This study attempted to differentiate BN from BED on a basis other than eating behavior. The results provide limited support for the hypothesis that BN and BED can be distinguished on the basis of depressive symptoms.
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- S J Crow
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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OBJECTIVE In this study, we examined the effects of an exercise intervention in the treatment of obese women with binge eating disorder (BED). METHOD Subjects were randomized to one of two 6-month treatment programs that included an identical exercise component (n = 44) or to a delayed treatment control condition (n = 33). Exercise level, binge eating frequency, and depressive symptomatology were assessed pre- and posttreatment. RESULTS Women who received active treatment reported significantly greater increases in their weekly exercise frequency than did control subjects. At posttreatment, 81.4% of subjects who had received treatment were abstinent from binge eating. Compared to women who were not abstinent at posttreatment, abstinent women evidenced significant changes in exercise frequency and caloric expenditure. However, weight loss and improvements in depressive symptomatology were not related to exercise participation. DISCUSSION These results suggest that exercise may be an important aspect of BED treatment and useful in promoting abstinence from binge eating.
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- M D Levine
- University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychology, USA
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Feldkircher KM, Mistry AM, Romsos DR. Adrenalectomy reverses pre-existing obesity in adult genetically obese (ob/ob) mice. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 1996; 20:232-5. [PMID: 8653144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine if adrenalectomy would reverse the pre-existing gross obesity, characteristic of adult genetically obese (ob/ob) mice. DESIGN Adult (12 week old) female ob/ob mice were adrenalectomized and fed a stock diet for 6 or 14 weeks. They were housed at 23-25 degrees C or 33 degrees C. Food intake and total body energy were determined. RESULTS Adrenalectomy abolished the hyperphagia characteristic of ob/ob mice. Adrenalectomized ob/ob mice consumed 8-17% less food than intact lean mice. Adrenalectomized ob/ob mice housed at 23-25 degrees C lost 55% of their pre-existing body energy within 6 weeks after surgery and 75% of their body energy within 14 weeks after surgery. At 14 weeks after surgery, body weights and body energy content of the adrenalectomized ob/ob mice were comparable with values for intact lean mice. Intact ob/ob mice pair-fed to adrenalectomized ob/ob mice lost only half as much body energy as the adrenalectomized ob/ob mice did, indicating that adrenalectomy not only diminished food intake in ob/ob mice but also increased their energy expenditure per unit food consumed. Adrenalectomized ob/ob mice housed at 33 degrees C lost only half as much body energy in 6 weeks as did mice housed at 23-25 degrees C. CONCLUSION Adrenalectomy reverses the gross obesity characteristic of adult ob/ob mice by abolishing their hyperphagia and increasing their energy expenditure per unit food consumed.
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- K M Feldkircher
- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824-1224, USA
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OBJECTIVE To describe the rationale and use of a new procedure aimed at bringing binge/purge behavior directly under therapeutic control via the use of planned binges. METHOD Research investigating the specific effects of the various cognitive and behavioral components of the standard cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) approach for bulimia nervosa is examined in combination with comprehensive reviews of the treatment outcome literature. RESULTS These reviews suggest that while treatment has largely been effective at reducing binge-purge frequencies, it does not result in the elimination of the presenting problem for a significant proportion of participants. Evidence is presented to suggest that this may be accounted for by cognitive-behavioral approaches employing indirect procedures to bring the disordered patterns of eating under control. The application of the planned binge approach is illustrated by two cases treated at the University of New South Wales Post Graduate Psychology Clinic. DISCUSSION These cases in combination with the analysis of the potential deficits of the standard behavioral procedures employed in CBT provide tentative support for the use of planned binges as an addition to the strategies currently used in the treatment of binge and purge behavior. In conclusion the paper explores some of the ethical implications raised by asking subjects to engage in their problematic behavior.
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- Z P Steel
- Academic Mental Health Unit, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Liverpool Hospital, Australia
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with dropout in a weight reduction program among obese, nonpurging binge and nonbinge eaters. METHOD We categorized 156 obese, nonpurging women previously randomized to a behavior modification-based (BM) or a food addiction theory-based (FD) weight reduction intervention by binge status using the DSM-IV criteria for binge eating disorder (BED). Subjects were monitored prospectively for dropout during the 6-month intervention period. RESULTS Results of a Cox proportional hazards survival analysis indicated binge status had a statistically significant (p = .04) protective effect against dropout. Binge eaters were half as likely to dropout versus nonbinge eaters. DISCUSSION We conclude that (1) the DSM-IV criteria for BED is a useful method of classifying obese individuals in weight loss interventions and (2) the identification of subgroups among obese subjects is an important step in understanding retention in weight loss programs. Future research can confirm this finding.
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- K S Ho
- Department of General Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine at Houston, USA
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Holland AJ, Treasure J, Coskeran P, Dallow J. Characteristics of the eating disorder in Prader-Willi syndrome: implications for treatment. J Intellect Disabil Res 1995; 39 ( Pt 5):373-381. [PMID: 8555713 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1995.tb00541.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Over-eating and resultant obesity is well recognized as a central feature of the Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS). The eating behaviour of 13 subjects with PWS was been studied retrospectively over a 28-day period and also by direct observation when given free access to food. Changing cognitions normally associated with food intake (e.g. changes in hunger) were assessed using visual analogue scales (VAS) and by asking subjects to rate photographs of particular foods. Eight out of 13 subjects (61%) with PWS had to have their access to food severely restricted. Ten (77%) ate excessive amounts when given free access to food, and although feelings of 'hunger', 'desire to eat' and 'fullness' changed in the expected direction, these changes were delayed, compared to a control group, and only occurred after eating a significantly greater amount of food. Ratings of 'hunger' and 'fullness' started to return to pre-meal levels sooner than in the controls. The present authors consider that PWS is an example of genetic obesity secondary to an impaired satiety response. These observations have important implications for treatment.
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- A J Holland
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, England
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The purpose of this study was to compare data from a group of obese subjects with binge eating disorder (BED) with data from a group of normal weight bulimia nervosa (BN) subjects. Subjects were compared using the Eating Disorder Questionnaire (EDQ), the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI), the Personality Disorders Questionnaire for DSM-III-R (PDQ-R), the Hamilton Anxiety and Depression Rating Scales, and the Beck Depression Inventory. A group of 35 age-matched subjects were selected retrospectively from treatment study subjects. The EDQ findings indicated that members of the BN group desired a lower body mass index, were more afraid of becoming fat, and more uncomfortable with their binge eating behavior than the BED group members. The BED subjects had a younger age of onset of binge eating behavior (14.3) than the BN subjects (19.8), even though both groups started dieting at a similar age (BED = 15.0, BN = 16.2). The EDI results showed BN subjects had more eating and weight-related pathology, with significantly higher scores on five of the eight subscales. On the PDQ-R more BN subjects endorsed Axis II impairment (BN = 69%, BED = 40%). While demonstrating greater eating pathology in the BN group, this study also found significant pathology and distress in BED subjects.
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- N C Raymond
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis 55455, USA
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Agras WS, Telch CF, Arnow B, Eldredge K, Detzer MJ, Henderson J, Marnell M. Does interpersonal therapy help patients with binge eating disorder who fail to respond to cognitive-behavioral therapy? J Consult Clin Psychol 1995; 63:356-60. [PMID: 7608347 DOI: 10.1037/0022-006x.63.3.356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The aim of this quasi-experimental study was to examine the effectiveness of group interpersonal therapy (IPT) in treating overweight patients with binge eating disorder who did not stop binge eating after 12 weeks of group cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Participants in this study were randomly allocated to either group CBT or to an assessment-only control group. After 12 weeks of treatment with CBT, 55% of participants met criteria for improvement and began 12 weeks of weight loss therapy, whereas the nonresponders began 12 weeks of group IPT. Over the 24-week period, participants who received treatment reduced binge eating and weight significantly more than the waiting-list control group. However, IPT led to no further improvement for those who did not improve with CBT. Predictors of poor outcome were early onset of, and more severe, binge eating.
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- W S Agras
- Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305-5544, USA
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