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·January 10, 2025·5 min read

Delayed Brain Maturation Links Genetics and Eating Disorders

Over half of 23-year-olds display restrictive, emotional, or uncontrolled eating behaviors, with delayed brain maturation playing a significant role. The research linked structural brain differences, mental health challenges, and genetic predispositions to the development of disordered eating behaviors from adolescence to adulthood. MRI data showed delayed cortical thinning in unhealthy eaters, especially in regions like the cerebellum, which regulates appetite.

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·November 28, 2023·4 min read

Linking Stress to Comfort Food Cravings: A Brain Chemical’s Role

Researchers uncovered a brain molecule's role in triggering comfort food cravings after experiencing stress. Their research reveals that the molecule Proenkephalin, located in the hypothalamus, is crucial in inducing overeating following a stressful event.

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·October 2, 2021·6 min read

How Parents Feed Kids Is Linked to Emotional Eating

Overall, restrictive eating was the only feeding practice that linked parent and child emotional eating.

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·May 8, 2019·3 min read

Research highlights role of psychological distress and emotional eating in obesity

Lower socioeconomic status is associated with a higher risk of psychological distress. The increase in psychological distress is, in turn, associated with higher levels of emotional eating and obesity risks.

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·June 21, 2018·2 min read

Emotional Eating in Childhood is Learned at Home

Unlike food fussiness, genetics only plays a small part in a young child's emotional eating patterns. Researchers say emotional eating is influenced by parents and the home environment.