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Changes in genetic risk for emotional eating across the menstrual cycle: a longitudinal study.
Psychological medicine - 1 Nov 2015
Klump K L, Hildebrandt B A, O'Connor S M, Keel P K, Neale M, Sisk C L, Boker S, Burt S A
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BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown significant within-person changes in binge eating and emotional eating across the menstrual cycle, with substantial increases in both phenotypes during post-ovulation. Increases in both estradiol and progesterone levels appear to account for these changes in phenotypic risk, possibly via increases in genetic effects. However, to date, no study has examined changes in...
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