Binge eating disorder (BED) is characterized by regular binge eating episodes during which
individuals ingest comparably large amounts of food and experience loss of control over …

Background Eating disorders are severe psychiatric disorders with a complex etiology
involving transactions among sociocultural, psychological, and biological influences. Most …

Relatively little is known about the neuropathophysiology of binge-eating disorder (BED).
Here, the evidence from neuroimaging, neurocognitive, genetics, and animal studies are …

The ability to exercise appropriate inhibitory control is critical in the regulation of body
weight, but the exact mechanisms are not known. In this systematic review, we identified 37 …

Functional, molecular and genetic neuroimaging has highlighted the existence of brain
anomalies and neural vulnerability factors related to obesity and eating disorders such as …

Scientific interest in “food addiction” is growing, but the topic remains controversial. One
critique of “food addiction” is its high degree of phenotypic overlap with binge eating …

Obesity is a major public health problem affecting overall physical and emotional well-being.
Despite compelling data suggesting an association between obesity and cognitive …

Appetite and body weight regulation are controlled by the central nervous system (CNS) in a
rather complicated manner. The human brain plays a central role in integrating internal and …

Objective In recent years there has been increasing clinical and empirical interest in
neurocognitive functioning in eating disorders (EDs), which has resulted in numerous …

The idea that specific kind of foods may have an addiction potential and that some forms of
overeating may represent an addicted behavior has been discussed for decades. In recent …