Objective Due to the inconsistency of the research findings in the current literature, the
prevalence of binge and loss of control (LOC) eating among children and adolescents with …

Disordered eating attitudes and behaviors appear to be quite common in youth, and
overweight youth have been identified as a subset of the population at particularly high risk …

Background Children with rs9939609 FTO variant alleles (homozygous= AA and
heterozygous= AT) are predisposed to greater adiposity than are those with 2 wild-type …

Overeating (eating an unusually large amount of food) and binge eating (overeating with
loss of control [LOC]) predict adverse health consequences in adolescence. We aimed to …

Binge eating is common in middle childhood (6–12 years) and often presents in concert with
disordered eating attitudes, emotional distress, overweight and adiposity. Binge eating is …

Background: Loss of control (LOC) eating in youth predicts excessive weight gain. However,
few studies have measured the actual energy intake of children reporting LOC eating …

Objective Hyperphagia is a central feature of inherited disorders (eg, Prader–Willi
Syndrome) in which obesity is a primary phenotypic component. Hyperphagia may also …

Objective Poorer executive function (EF) has been linked to disinhibited eating in youth,
suggesting poor EF predisposes toward obesity, yet the specific nature and extent of …

Data suggests that individuals who binge eat are more responsive to food cues in the
environment and less sensitive to satiety cues. The aim of this open trial was to evaluate the …

Context: Some studies suggest the presence of metabolic syndrome before adulthood may
identify those at high risk for later cardiovascular morbidity, but there are few data examining …