Objective The subjective experience of loss of control (LOC) during eating, independent of
overeating, may be a salient marker of disordered eating and risk for overweight in youth …

Objective: Our objective was to examine serum leptin prospectively as a predictor of weight
and body fat growth in children at high risk for adult obesity. We hypothesized that leptin …

Abstract Background/Objectives The winter holiday season in the United States, which
spans mid-November to mid-January, contributes to over half of annual body weight gain …

Background: Both insufficiency and resistance to the actions of the adipocyte-derived
hormone leptin promote hunger, increased food intake and greater body weight. Some …

Purpose Preliminary data in adults suggest that binge eating is associated with greater
prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) components. However, there are limited data in …

Shomaker LB, Tanofsky‐Kraff M, Young‐Hyman D, Han JC, Yanoff LB, Brady SM, Yanovski
SZ, Yanovski JA. Psychological symptoms and insulin sensitivity in adolescents. Purpose …

Abstract Objective The Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) was originally developed and
validated in primarily white female samples. Since data indicate that eating pathology …

Background: Homozygosity for 2 protein-altering polymorphisms in the melanocortin-3
receptor gene (MC3R) coding sequence, C17A and G241A, has been reported to be …

Background: Loss of control (LOC) eating in youth is associated with excess body weight
and adiposity. After adjusting for fat mass, youth with LOC eating have higher blood …

Background Few studies using criterion measures of insulin sensitivity (SI) and insulin
secretory capacity (ISC) have been conducted across puberty to adulthood. We examined …