Based on a bio‐social‐ecological systems model of the development and maintenance of
obesity, there has been in the last few years a growing research interest in the association of …

Research and theory suggest that meaningful variance in the onset, clinical course,
symptomatic profile, and maintenance of eating disorders (EDs) can be explained by …

Impulsivity towards food has been recognized as a potential factor leading to increased food
intake in obesity. Patients suffering from binge eating disorder (BED) form a specific …

An increasingly influential perspective conceptualizes both obesity and overeating as a food
addiction accompanied by corresponding brain changes. Because there are far-reaching …

In this paper we argue that compulsive overeating has compelling similarities to
conventional drug addiction. Our case is based on their comparable clinical features, the …

Longitudinal data indicate that our capacity for adaptive self-regulation is a relatively stable
predisposition that appears in childhood and predicts future life successes. In 2004, we …

In drug addiction, the transition from casual drug use to dependence has been linked to a
shift away from positive reinforcement and toward negative reinforcement. That is, drugs …

Obesity research suffers from an overinclusion paradigm whereby all participants with a BMI
beyond a certain cutoff value (eg, 30) are typically combined in a single group and …

With the obesity epidemic being largely attributed to overeating, much research has been
aimed at understanding the psychological causes of overeating and using this knowledge to …

A psychobiological dimension of eating behaviour is proposed, which is anchored at the low
end by energy intake that is relatively well matched to energy output and is reflected by a …