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Binge eating proneness emerges during puberty in female rats: a longitudinal study.
Journal of abnormal psychology - 1 Nov 2011
Klump Kelly L, Suisman Jessica L, Culbert Kristen M, Kashy Deborah A, Sisk Cheryl L
Abstract excerpt
Puberty is a critical risk period for binge eating and eating disorders characterized by binge eating. Previous research focused almost entirely on psychosocial risk factors during puberty to the relative exclusion of biological influences. The current study addressed this gap by examining the emergence of binge eating during puberty in a rat model. We predicted that there would be minimal differences in binge...
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