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A cotwin control study of associations between financial hardship and binge eating phenotypes during COVID-19.
The International journal of eating disorders - 1 Jan 2023
Mikhail Megan E, Ackerman Lindsay S, Culbert Kristen M, Burt S Alexandra, Neale Michael C, Keel Pamela K, Katzman Debra K, Klump Kelly L
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BACKGROUND: COVID-19 was associated with significant financial hardship and increased binge eating (BE). However, it is largely unknown whether financial stressors contributed to BE during the pandemic. We used a longitudinal, cotwin control design that controls for genetic/environmental confounds by comparing twins in the same family to examine whether financial hardship during COVID-19 was associated with BE....
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