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Parental control and the dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2) interaction on emotional eating in adolescence.
Appetite - 1 Apr 2010
van Strien Tatjana, Snoek Harriëtte M, van der Zwaluw Carmen S, Engels Rutger C M E
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The present study addresses the emergence of emotional eating in adolescence in relation to maternal or paternal psychological control. A reduction of food intake is considered the biological natural response to distress, therefore we tested whether the a-typical stress response of emotional eating develops in interaction with genetic vulnerability. Carrying the A1 allele of the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) gene...
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